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The document provides examples of morphological processes and asks students to identify processes in words and create new words using given processes. It also asks students to analyze noun phrases and identify parts of speech.

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Assignment 3.

The document provides examples of morphological processes and asks students to identify processes in words and create new words using given processes. It also asks students to analyze noun phrases and identify parts of speech.

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Ex.

Consider the following words in column 1 and column 2

State the morphological process that is responsible for the creation of the new words
in column 2

Column 1 Column 2 Morphological process


cook cooker Derivation
breakfast and lunch brunch Blending
house-keeping house-keep Backformation
water (N) water (V) Zero derivation
memorandum memo Clipping
'subject sub’ject Stress shift
scape, land landscape Compounding
Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Acronym formation
advertisement ad Clipping
lose loser Derivation

Ex.2. Consider the following words in column 1

From each of the words in column 1, create new words and write them in column 2 as
suggested in the morphological process.

Column 1 Column 2 Morphological process


refrigerator refrig initial-medial clipping
editor edit back-formatio
calm calmness conversion
day, dream daydream compounding
useful use derivation
human immunodeficiency virus HIV acronymy
binary, digit Bitinary, digigit blending
intercommunication system intercom clipping
compact disk, read-only-memory CD, ROM acronymy
courage courageously derivation
EX 3. Make an analysis of the following noun phrases in items of the word classes
that they comprise.

e.g.: those delicious ice-creams

det. adj. head

1. that attractive young woman in the blue dress

Det Adj adj head Post

2. Jim's fatal mistakes

Det Adj head

3. all our many grievous sins

Det Det Adj adj N

4. an ugly large yellow submarine

Det Adj adj adj head

5. an eight-year-old boy who attempted to rob a sweet shop

Det Adj head Relative clause

6. her blue silk umbrella

Det Adj noun head

7. our relations' dirty screaming offspring

Det adj adj head

EX 4. The following are NPs in which the order of premodifiers is scrambled:

1. some, fresh, bread, brown, nice : 1,3,5,4,2

2. green, a, small, leather, handbag : 3,1,2,4,5

3. designs, Chinese, old, those, all : 5,4,3,2,1


4. old, a few, friends, of mine : 2,1,3,4

5. brilliant, that, first-year, student : 2,1,3,4

6. Morgan’s, steam, revolution : 1,2,3

7. a/an, tower, grey, ancient : 1,4,3,2

8. first, tourists, the, foreign, all, almost : 4,6,3,5,2,1

9. responsibilities, new, his, heavy : 4,3,1,2

10. people, these, young, highly, educated : 5,1,2,3,4

EX 5. Find out noun phrases in the following sentences, analyze their constituents and
functions:

1. The woman wearing a plastic nose is our history professor.

Det head post mod det Nm head

2. Opinions expressed here are not those of the editors.

Nm post mod head det head

3. This is an experience you'll always remember.

Head det head post mod

4. She loves any dish involving cheese.

Nm det head post mod

5. Any article left by students in the office will be taken to the lost property office.

Det Head Post mod det Nm head

6. The bad weather compelled us to stay indoors.

Det adj Nm

7. The man behind the door is my old teacher.


Det head post mod

8. The man to feed the kangaroo is my uncle.

det head post mod

9. His decision to use all female cast surprised all of us.

Det head head

10. The next plane to arrive is from Bangkok.

Det adj Nm post mod

11. The poor little boy who seems to be lost is my friend's daughter

Det adj Nm post mod

12. The clearest instructions that anybody could have been given were already made.

Det adj head post mod

13. The fourth place behind Jim was reserved for Peter.

Det det head

14. Several irate gentleman farmers waiting for the prime minister came from the

Nm head det

south.

head

15. This sudden disaster approaching us made us very worried.

Det adj head post mod

EX 6. What part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb….) might be put in the
blanks?

1. …an…….. intelligent boy is from class 10B2.


2. That …red…….. apple pie smells delicious.

3. My …favorite……. food is fried chicken.

4. The ..person…….. to feed the kangaroo is …my……. uncle.

5. ……he…… made no move to greet me.

6. His ……decission…… to use an all-female cast surprised all of us.

7. The next …train……. to arrive is from Bangkok.

8. The …poor…….. girl who seems to be lost is my friend's daughter.

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