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What are morphemes?
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the smallest units in the structural analysis of words
[[[ green ] ish ] ness |
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Describe the two classes of morphemes.
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Open- new info can be freely added (ex. nouns)
Closed- new items cannot be added (ex. agreement morphemes, 3rd. person present tense) |
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What is a root?
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the innermost part of a word
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What is a stem?
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anything to which another morpheme may be added and which has a syntactic category such as noun or verb
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What is an affix?
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any non-root morpheme which attaches to another morpheme
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What is a suffix?
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an affix which attaches to the right
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What is a prefix?
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an affix which attaches to the left
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What is an infix?
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an affix which is inserted inside of a root or stem
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Provide an example of how roots and stems are different.
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[[[muchach] o ] s]
root formative affix root+formative=stem |
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What is a compound?
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a word with more than one root
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