Word formation

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Hi, experts!

I'm studying for an exam, and I came across this question:

The alternative that shows the same process of word formation as in INTERACTIONAL - APPROACH - SOCIOCULTURAL is, respectively:

A. themselves - transform - within
B. scholarship - further - elsewhere
C. complexity - reason - discovering
D. intersubjectively - achieved - fundamental

The correct answer is B, according to my professor. But I don't understand exactly why.

Thank you in advance!

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@brazilianengstudent,

I was going to guess B before I realized you had given the answer.

I'm not sure why, exactly. Sorry.

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@brazilianengstudent,

I don't understand why either. I f that's how the question is actually phrased, it's meaningless to me.

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@brazilianengstudent,

The reason I was guessing B (rightly, or wrongly), is this:

"APPROACH" is a verb, so I eliminated Option D ("achieved"), but A, B, or C would work.

"SOCIOCULTURAL" merges two words, so I eliminated C, leaving A or B.

And the word "INTERACTIONAL" seemed more like "scholarship" than "themselves", to me.

That's the best I can do.

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@Ticomaya,

Thank you very much!

I get "INTERACTIONAL" and "SCHOLARSHIP" are both some kind of DERIVATION (I think), but the former is related to prefixes and suffixes, and the later to suffixes only... does it make sense?

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@Ticomaya,

You've got a better imagination than I do, Tico.

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@brazilianengstudent,

brazilianengstudent wrote:

I get "INTERACTIONAL" and "SCHOLARSHIP" are both some kind of DERIVATION (I think), but the former is related to prefixes and suffixes, and the later to suffixes only... does it make sense?

Yes, your explanation makes sense, and I agree with you.

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@Ticomaya,

It seems like a stupid, worthless and pointless question to me.
But I haven't had my morning coffee yet.
bm.

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