Answer to the Cloze Test

Where more than one answer is given, the word in capital letters is the original word, and the other words are other acceptable answers. If you have an answer which you think is acceptable but which is not listed here, please see your instructor.

Chapter 5: Morphology

        1. how
        2. morphemes
        3. smallest
        4. morphemes
        5. morphemes
        6. other
        7. to
        8. MAKING, forming, creating
        9. Derivational
        10. are
        11. as
        12. acronyms
        13. formation
        14. CHANGING, shifting, turning
        15. of
        16. morphology
        17. BUT, and
        18. It
        19. syntax
        20. Function
        21. RELATIONS, meaning, meanings
        22. Function
        23. languages
        24. USE, have
        25. of
        26. plural
        27. phonology
        28. the
        29. as
        30. of
        31. THEY, collocations
        32. our
        33. like
        34. BE, become
        35. language
        36. KNOW, learn
        37. combinations

[TOP]

Chapter 6: Syntax

        1. ADDS, involves
        2. that
        3. class
        4. BECAUSE, as
        5. SENTENCE, syntactic
        6. this
        7. REVEALED, shown, demonstrated, found, seen
        8. MADE, makes, illustrates, illustrated, stressed, stresses
        9. of
        10. BLEND, work, tied
        11. approaches
        12. DISCUSSED, examined, investigated, presented, mentioned
        13. BEGINS, starts
        14. syntax
        15. ARE, include
        16. insertion
        17. to
        18. LINGUISTICS, syntax
        19. surface
        20. DISCUSSED, examined, investigated, presented, mentioned
        21. than
        22. the
        23. as
        24. predicate
        25. application
        26. rules
        27. in

[TOP]

Chapter 7: Semantics

        1. of
        2. ONTO, into, in, on
        3. DISCOVERING, learning
        4. STOCK, mount, body, range
        5. be
        6. are
        7. how
        8. MARKED, shown, presented
        9. syntax
        10. AND, or
        11. AND, with, in
        12. MEANING, meanings
        13. have
        14. AND, so
        15. WITH, in, by
        16. TO, with
        17. BOTH, all
        18. reference
        19. of
        20. things
        21. CONNECTIONS, relations, relationships
        22. IS, exists
        23. utterance
        24. OF, in
        25. actual
        26. sentence
        27. we
        28. analysis
        29. of
        30. utterance
        31. proposition
        32. as
        33. what
        34. DOING, intending
        35. LINGUISTIC, language, semantic
        36. CONVEYED, expressed, presented, borne
        37. sentence
        38. in
        39. the
        40. to

[TOP]

Chapter 8: Language change

        1. change
        2. AND, or
        3. syntactic
        4. THE, Shakespearean
        5. SENTENCE, syntactic
        6. very
        7. ENDINGS, forms, markings, marking
        8. TIME, centuries, years, generations
        9. VARIOUS, both, many
        10. borrowing
        11. English
        12. great
        13. IMPORTANT, influential
        14. Words
        15. THEY, words
        16. SHIFT, change
        17. MANY, several
        18. change
        19. DISCUSSED, mentioned, presented, examined
        20. SOCIOPOLITICAL, historical, political, social
        21. INVASION, conquest
        22. REASONS, factors, causes, influences
        23. to
        24. the
        25. speakers
        26. and
        27. words
        28. MEANINGS, meaning
        29. assimilation
        30. of
        31. and
        32. to
        33. for
        34. speakers
        35. the
        36. to
        37. time
        38. easy
        39. expressive
        40. in
        41. in
        42. MAY, can
        43. another

[TOP]