English Literature MCQs

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The –en in strengthen is a __________?
A. An adjective forming morpheme
B. Plural morpheme
C. Possessive morpheme
D. Verb forming morpheme
______________________ is the device used in modern linguistics for grouping together words and phrases so as to remove ambiguity of construction?
A. Transformational generative grammar
B. The phrase structure grammar
C. Immediate constituent analysis
D. All the above.
In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means______________?
A. ‘to produce’
B. ‘to develop’
C. ‘to predict’
D. All the above
The ‘ing’ in sleeping is an example of ____________?
A. A free morpheme
B. Free variation
C. Bound morpheme
D. None of these
Morpheme alternants are called________?
A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Minimal pairs
D. None of the above