Questões de Concurso

Regarding the morphological and syntactic structures in the text "Digital Archeology," judge the statements below.

I.The compound noun "posthumanism" in the phrase "Philip Popov's continuing focus on the posthumanism and transhumanism" exhibits derivational morphology through the prefix "post-" (meaning after/beyond) attached to the base "humanism," creating a philosophical term denoting ideology beyond traditional humanism, and this word formation process exemplifies productive morphological patterns in academic and philosophical English vocabulary.

II.The prepositional phrase "from 2014" in "Combining works dating back to 2014" functions as a temporal adjunct modifying the present participle "dating," and the phrasal verb "dating back to" is a three-word intransitive phrasal verb meaning to originate or have existed since a particular time, commonly used in historical and chronological contexts.

III.The relative clause "where he was born" in "the city where he was born" is a restrictive (defining) relative clause that specifies which city is being referenced, using the relative adverb "where" to indicate location, and this construction could be alternatively expressed as "in which he was born" with preposition fronting, though "where" is more natural and commonly preferred in spoken and written English.


The following statement(s) is/are CORRECT.

In English lexicology, understanding how words are formed and related is essential for analysing vocabulary expansion and semantic change. When the word "unbelievable" is examined from a morphological perspective, which process best describes its formation and lexical structure? 

Judge the sentences below as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) regarding morphological analysis and word formation processes:

(__) The compound noun "search history" in the metaphor "Troy's trash heaps are the bronze age's search history" exemplifies an endocentric compound where "history" functions as the head determining the grammatical category, while "search" acts as a modifier specifying the type of history, and this word formation pattern is highly productive in contemporary English, particularly in technology-related vocabulary.
(__) The adjective "unfiltered" in "unfiltered clarity" is formed through derivational morphology by attaching the negative prefix "un-" to the past participle "filtered," creating a word meaning "not filtered" or "without filtration," and this same prefix demonstrates consistent phonological behavior across all English words, always being pronounced /?n/ regardless of the phonological environment of the base word it attaches to. 
(__) The phrase "trash heaps" contains two free morphemes that can function independently as words, whereas "heroism" in "the city is remembered as a stage for romance and heroism" contains the bound morpheme "-ism" (denoting doctrine, practice, or condition) attached to the base "hero," exemplifying derivational suffixation that changes the word class from noun to abstract noun while adding semantic content related to qualities or principles.

The CORRECT sequence is: 

Considering English morphology and word-formation processes, analyze the word "dissatisfaction".
Select the alternative that correctly analyzes the morphological structure and formation of this word.

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During an English class, a teacher introduced the concept of compound nouns, explaining that they are words formed by combining two words from the same or different grammatical classes. To illustrate the explanation that was offered, an advertisement was projected on the screen, and the students identified a compound noun. The teacher clarified that the word in question is formed by two words belonging to the same word class. Next, the teacher provided a list of words and asked the students to identify those that share the same compound structure as the word previously analyzed.
Select the alternative which contains the compound nouns students should spot.