Final Exam

For those of you who'd prefer to take a final exam, rather than write the final paper. Due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, December 22nd.

I. Derivation

In your own words, what does derivation have to do with lexemes?
According to the right-hand head rule, what is the head of the following word: "Clericalism"? What does the head determine in derived words like this?
Write a template for the suffix "-like," as in words such as "doglike," "catlike," and "childlike." (Remember: You're writing a single template that will encompass those three words, as well as others.)
4. Constraints(Required)
If an affix can only attach to words of a certain lexical category, then that affix has a(n):
5. Productivity(Required)
Which of the following is true?

II. Inflection

6. Inflection and the Lexicon(Required)
Inflection results in new _______.
What morphosyntactic category is illustrated in the above table? What are the morphosyntactic features shown for that category?
If okhin is the nominative form of the Mongolian word for 'daughter,' what would the ablative form of this word be? Use the above table for the Mongolian nom 'book' as a reference.
9. Tense, Mood, and Aspect(Required)
Tense, mood, and aspect involve:
10. English inflection(Required)
Which of the following is an inflectional suffix in English?

III. Compounding

Compounding is a productive word-formation process. What does this mean?
12. Heads(Required)
Which of the following is true about compounds?
13. Compounds and Inflection(Required)
Which of the following is true of endocentric compounds?
In your own words, what distinguishes exocentric compounds from endocentric compounds? Give an example of an exocentric compound.
15. Tree Notation(Required)
In the above image, which is the correct tree diagram for "grapefruit farmer"?

IV. Other Topics

16. Allomorphy(Required)
Which of the following involves allomorphy?
Give an example of a category-changing affix, and show it in use. Be sure to mention the lexical category of the base word and the lexical category of the output word.
18. Isolating ↔︎ Polysynthetic(Required)
At the two ends of the synthesis scale are isolating languages and polysynthetic languages. What's the difference between the two?
In your own words, what is the difference between a simplex word and a complex word? Give one example of each.
20. Compositionality(Required)
Which of the following is true?

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