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fagboi

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The ability to use word formation processes such as noun compounding in new and creative situations:
 
  A. develops over the school years and is subject to individual differences so that so that even some adults are better at it than others.
  B. develops over the school years but all typically developing adults eventually reach the same level of ability.
  C. is fully developed by the time enter the school age years, although children do increase their speed at creating compounds.
  D. requires extensive schooling in order for adults to become even moderately capable with it.

Question 2

Consider the morpheme ist, which means a person who performs an action: an illusionist is someone who performs illusions and a typist is someone who types. What kind of morpheme is this and why?
 
  A. It is an inflectional morpheme because it doesn't change the topic of the word: both typing and a typist are part of the same activity.
  B. It is derivational morpheme because it changes the kind (the syntactic category) of word it is on: type is a verb but typist is a noun.
  C. It is a compounding morpheme because it adds meaning to the original word: typist provides more information than typing.
  D. None of these answers are correct descriptions of that kind of morpheme.



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akpaschal

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B




fagboi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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