Lexicology Quizzes

Hi Everybody,

Visit the following links and complete the related quizzes

http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb044/Grammar.htm
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb044/LangFamEx.htm
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb044/LangFamExDD.htm

Good Luck,

Tuncer Can

Last Years Mid-Term Questions

English Words Mid-Term 2007


1) Identify the processes involved in the formation of the words below.(20 p.)

written, disco, heliport, Anglophile, mish-mash, flu, İÜ, morphine,


2) wordsmith (10 words) (20 p.)


3) How could you explain the relationship among the following English words: captain, chief and chef, give other examples? (You might want to consider the English language history while answering.) (30 p.)


4) Identify the Morphemes of the following English words, then write the meanings of these Morphemes and guess their origins. (30 p.)

theogamous
psychometri
boys
captain
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
politics
prescription
fifth
suggest
idiosyncracy

Sources of English Words

Hi All,
Last week we studied the sources of words in English. In this context, find Turkish examples for the following concepts:

1) Inheritence
2) Neologisms
3) Blending
4) Acronyms
5) Creation by Shortening
6) Derivation
7) Compounding
8) Eponyms
9) Echoic words an Reduplication

P.S.Make sure that your examples are unique (no other friend of yours gives it as an example).

Good Luck,

Tuncer Can