NAME/LAST NAME _____________________________________________
ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY AND LEXICOLOGY (test 1 A) June 2016
(Lecturers: Miguel Fuster) [Allotted time: 60 minutes]
1. What is partial suppletion? Provide an example.
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2. Proclitics challenge strict word division. Explain why and give one
example.
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3. Complete this table by providing 2 contrasts between stratum 1 and
stratum 2 affixes (do not give any examples):
Stratum 1 Stratum 2
1. ___________________ 1. _____________________
2. ___________________ 2. _____________________
4. What is meant by the right-headedness of compounds? Illustrate
this point with one example.
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5. Comment briefly in what way the Spanish word limpiabotas, or the
French coupe-papier differ from English compounding.
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