______ refers to those words which are made by combining the initial letters of a composite name. They cannot be pronounced into one word.
A. Initialism
B. Acronym
C. Invention
D. Blending
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In terms of ________, words can be divided into closed-class words and open-class words.
A. meaning
B. variability
C. quality
D. membership
_______ refers to any morpheme or combination of morphemes to which an inflectional affix can be added. It can be equivalent to a root, or a root and a derivational affix.
Affix
B. Root
C. Stem
D. Suffix
In the following words foot/feet, goose/geese, the affixes belong to _______.
A. suffix
B. infix
C. prefix
D. root
__________ is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the old word.
A. affixation
B. back-formation
C. insertion
D. addition