11. The formation of new words by joining two or more stems is called ______. ( )
A. clipping B. compounding
C. acronymy D. back-formation
12. The word “pop” belongs to ______ clipping. ( )
A. front B. back
C. front and back D. phrase
13. The ______ meaning of words usually shows the attitude of approval of the speaker. ( )
A. affective B. appreciative
C. pejorative D. connotative
14. Which of the following is NOT one of the associative meaning of a word? ( )
A. Grammatical meaning. B. Stylistic meaning.
C. Collocative meaning. D. Connotative meaning.
15. ______ motivation explains the connection between the literal sense and figurative sense of the word.( )
A. Morphological B. Onomatopoeic
C. Semantic D. Etymological
