Unit 1 Study Guide

LING150/University of Oregon

Study Guide for Unit 1 Exam

Be sure you know both the form and meaning of the morphemes in Morpheme Set 1 at this Web site.

In one major section of the exam, you will be given literal meanings or definitions which are transparently derived from literal meanings. From a list of words, you will need to select the word which best fits each meaning. The words contain morphemes which you have studied.

The meanings may NOT necessarily correspond literally to the dictionary definition. Use your knowledge of the morphemes, especially the derivational suffixes, and the meaning to choose the word which best fits each meaning.

There are two words which you will need to analyze. Each word is given in a sentence. Derivational suffixes must have only ONE gloss to be correct. Choose the correct one based on the context of the sentence.

In the remainder of the exam, you will be asked to apply the principles you have studied in this unit. Often, you will be given an example and asked to determine what it is an example of. For example, what kind of morpheme is highlighted in below?

intersect

The answer is "prefix."

All questions, except the word analysis problems, are multiple choice.

When you study, be sure to study the examples given in the text and in WebLectures. You will be given similar, but different examples on the exam. Exam questions are often similar to homework problems.

Be sure you understand the technical terminology we have discussed in this unit. You may want to review the definitions of the following terms and think of an example of each.

morphology	parse, parsing	inflectional suffix
native word	gloss	noun-forming derivational suffix
borrowed word	morpheme	verb-forming derivational suffix
exotic word	zero derivation	adjective-forming derivational suffix
affix	back formation	compound
prefix	folk etmology	filler
suffix	analogy	clipping
free root	blends	sound symbolism
bound root	acronym

No materials of any kind (notes, dictionaries, etc.) are permitted during the exam. You should be able to determine the answers using the principles we have discussed in this unit.

You may want to try out the sample exam. It contains some of the kinds of questions you'll see on the first exam. This document is designed to let you try out the radio buttons, pop-up menus, and fill-in forms; no data will actually be sent. All our exams use these three types of question answering devices. (The sample questions come from Exercises A and B in this unit.)

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