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Definition of Morphemes
1. morpheme [n] - See also: morpheme
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morphemes
Literary usage of Morphemes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"Comparing grammatical morphemes. Though the comparison of lexical items usually
provides most of the evidence for a relationship between languages, ..."
2. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"... D morphemes: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots I. Prefixes, five categories A.
Negative Connotation Meanings Example in- insensitive im- impossible ir- not, ..."
3. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"The morphemes that make up a word stem may have concrete or abstract meanings,
... morphemes may be derived from Independent stems, or they may be bound ..."
4. Literary Disorders: Holistic Diagnosis and Remediation by Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo (1993)
"Some morphemes have meaning only when attached to other word parts. ... Most expert
readers and language users use morphemes to make sense out of and ..."
5. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Similarly word elements that were not originally morphemes may become separated
from their original word and extended to new formations: alcohol work ..."