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Aen 203: English Word And Morphology Question Paper
Aen 203: English Word And Morphology
Course:Bachelor Of Education (Arts)
Institution: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University Of Science And Technology question papers
Exam Year:2017
JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
2nd YEAR 1st SEMESTER 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
CENTRE: MAIN
COURSE CODE:
JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
2nd YEAR 1st SEMESTER 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR
CENTRE: MAIN
COURSE CODE: AEN 203
COURSE TITLE: English Word and Morphology
EXAM VENUE: STREAM: BED (ARTS)
DATE: EXAM SESSION:
TIME: 2 HOURS
Instructions:
1. Answer question 1(compulsory) and ANY other 2 questions.
2. Candidates are advised not to write on the question paper.
3. Candidates must hand in their answer booklets to the invigilator while in the examination room.
Question ONE (Compulsory)
a. Use the words listed below to clearly illustrate the difference between bases and stems(10 Marks)
I. Womanly
II. Endear
III. Bostonians
IV. Destroyed
V. Destroyer
VI. Dancers
VII. biggest
VIII. Famous
IX. Bostonian
X. Enlighten
b. The words below contain free and bound morphemes. Identify which bound morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational(10 Marks)
I. Chewed
II. Sooner
III. Eulogize
IV. Personalities
V. Atomizers
VI. Friendliest
VII. Impurities
VIII. Seizures
IX. Leniency
X. Failure
c. Use tree diagrams and the principle of immediate constituent to plot morpheme boundaries for the words below
I. Ungentlemanly
II. Insufferably
III. Embodiment
IV. Enlargement
V. Favoritism
VI. Supernatural
VII. Expressionism
VIII. Contradictory
IX. Festival
X. Icelandic
Question TWO
Explain phonological and morphological conditioning with examples from English (20 Marks)
Question THREE
Identify the type of word formation process used for the following sets of words. (20 Marks)
I. ad, lab
II. breakfast, airstrip
III. misadvise, decode
IV. whisper, thunder
V. Kodak, blurb
VI. brunch, motel
VII. SIM, OK
VIII. edit, swindle
IX. wiggle-waggle, lovey-dovey
X. vandalize, waterloo
Question FOUR
With illustrations from English, explain the following paradigms (20 Marks)
I. Noun Paradigm
II. Verb Paradigm
III. Comparable Paradigm
Question FIVE
Explain the following notions in the Morphology of English (20 Marks)
I. Suffixal homophones
II. Replacive allomorphs
III. Aspect (in the verb phrase)
IV. Mood (in the verb phrase)
EXAM VENUE: STREAM: BED (ARTS)
DATE: EXAM SESSION:
TIME: 2 HOURS
Instructions:
1. Answer question 1(compulsory) and ANY other 2 questions.
2. Candidates are advised not to write on the question paper.
3. Candidates must hand in their answer booklets to the invigilator while in the examination room.
Question ONE (Compulsory)
a. Use the words listed below to clearly illustrate the difference between bases andstems(10 Marks)
I. Womanly
II. Endear
III. Bostonians
IV. Destroyed
V. Destroyer
VI. Dancers
VII. biggest
VIII. Famous
IX. Bostonian
X. Enlighten
b. The words below contain free and bound morphemes. Identify which bound morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational(10 Marks)
I. Chewed
II. Sooner
III. Eulogize
IV. Personalities
V. Atomizers
VI. Friendliest
VII. Impurities
VIII. Seizures
IX. Leniency
X. Failure
c. Use tree diagrams and the principle of immediate constituent to plot morpheme boundaries for the words below
I. Ungentlemanly
II. Insufferably
III. Embodiment
IV. Enlargement
V. Favoritism
VI. Supernatural
VII. Expressionism
VIII. Contradictory
IX. Festival
X. Icelandic
Question TWO
Explain phonological and morphological conditioning with examples from English (20 Marks)
Question THREE
Identify the type of word formation process used for the following sets of words. (20 Marks)
I. ad, lab
II. breakfast, airstrip
III. misadvise, decode
IV. whisper, thunder
V. Kodak, blurb
VI. brunch, motel
VII. SIM, OK
VIII. edit, swindle
IX. wiggle-waggle, lovey-dovey
X. vandalize, waterloo
Question FOUR
With illustrations from English, explain the following paradigms (20 Marks)
I. Noun Paradigm
II. Verb Paradigm
III. Comparable Paradigm
Question FIVE
Explain the following notions in the Morphology of English (20 Marks)
I. Suffixal homophones
II. Replacive allomorphs
III. Aspect (in the verb phrase)
IV. Mood (in the verb phrase)
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