Roots-are main morphemic vehicles of a given idea in a given language at a given stage of its development. A root may be also regarded as the ultimate constituent element which remains ......................................... all functional and derivational affixes and does not admit any further analysis

It will at once be noticed that the root in English is very often homonymous with the word. This fact is of fundamental importance as .....................................................................................................................arising from its general grammatical system on the one hand, and from its phonemic system on the other

A form is said to be free if it may stand alone without changing its meaning; if not, it is a bound form, so called because ..............................

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, the …………………… of language.

Lexicology is …………………. with words, variable word-groups, phraseological units, and with morphemes which make up words

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics which studies the ……………………………. of a language

The term morpheme is derived from Gr morphe 'form'+ eme. Linguists to ...................................................or the minimum distinctive feature have adopted the Greek suffix – eme. (Cf. phoneme, sememe). The morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of form

Blending is also a new, trendy and ................................................which “blends”, i.e. joins fragments of two or more words to create a new form. The meaning is being retained. Enough of the lexeme is usually retained so that the elements are recognisable.

A compound is a unit of vocabulary which ........................................

...more than one lexical stem. The resulting compound functions as a single item with specific meaning and grammar

Clippings, blendings and acronyms are subclasses of so called “portmanteau words” .....................

........................... fragments of two or more words

If we realize that suffixes render the most general semantic component of the word's lexical meaning.................................................................................................., the reason why suffixes are as a rule semantically fused with the stem stands explained

An infix is ...................................

.....................................placed with in the word, like – n – in stand. The type is not productive

Lexicology is .................................. ....................................derivational affixes, the other group being the domain of grammarians. The derivational affixes in fact, as well as the whole problem of word-formation, form a boundary area between lexicology and grammar and are therefore studied in both

A suffix is a ..........................

.................................................. following the stem and forming a new derivative in a different part of speech or a different word class, cf. – en, – y, – less in hearten, hearty, heartless

Derivational suffixes ...................

................................... of the original word: they may change the word class, specify the word or generalise it. Most scholars recognise suffixes forming nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs

Unlike roots, affixes are always bound forms...................................

........................................., it will be remembered, is not confined to their respective position, suffixes being «fixed after» and prefixes «fixed before» the stem. It also concerns their function and meaning

................................................. ..may form noun plurals (the Germans); genitive case (headmaster’s); 3rd person singular (speaks); past tense (worked); contracted forms (we´re); comparatives and superlatives (bigger; the biggest) or participles (speaking).

..................................... related to parts of human body, clothing or instruments people use. However, the meaning of the converted words may vary from the meaning of the non-converted words. For example, a skirt denotes a woman’s garment that hangs from the waist

An English word does not necessarily contain formatives indicating to what part of speech it belongs. This holds true ...............................................................i.e. nouns, verbs, adjectives. Not all roots are free forms, but productive roots, i.e. roots capable of producing new words, usually are

Dictionaries of alphabetic languages list words in alphabetical order. With non-alphabetic languages, it may be different. The order in a dictionary with ideographic entries such as Chinese character is often troublesome and ............................................. because each character has different readings.