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Comparative typology
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1Which of the following is the smallest meaningful unit of language?
- AMorpheme
- BPhoneme
- CWord
2Allomorphs are different phonetic or morphological variants of a morpheme
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Which type of morpheme can stand alone as an independent word?
- AInflectional morpheme
- BFree morpheme
- CBound morpheme
4In agglutinative languages, affixes.....
- ACombine multiple grammatical meanings in a single affix
- BAre phonetically and morphologically indistinct from one another
- CAre added to a root or stem in a predictable manner
5Which of the following is an example of an agglutinative language?
- AMandarin Chinese
- BTurkish
- CEnglish
6Fusional languages are characterized by affixes that carry multiple grammatical meanings simultaneously
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Latin is an example of a fusional language. Which of the following is a fusional inflectional ending in Latin?
- A"-ō"
- B"-s"
- C"-ing"
8Which of the following is a polysynthetic language?
- AFrench
- BJapanese
- CInuktitut
9Polysynthetic languages are characterized by:
- AThe incorporation of multiple morphemes into a single word
- BAffixes that carry multiple grammatical meanings simultaneously
- CA high degree of fusion between roots and affixes
10Which type of morphological structure is characterized by clear boundaries between the root/stem and the affixes?
- AAgglutinative
- BFusional
- CAnalytic
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