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Greek Morphemes, Khoff, Mountainside Middle School English vocabulary elements , Keith M. Denning, Brett Kessler, William R. Leben, William Ronald Leben, Oxford University Press US, 2007, 320pp, p. 127, ISBN 978-0-19-516802-0 at Google Books
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A morpheme is any of the smallest meaningful constituents within a linguistic expression and particularly within a word. [1] Many words are themselves standalone morphemes, while other words contain multiple morphemes; in linguistic terminology, this is the distinction, respectively, between free and bound morphemes.
For example, in English the root catch and the suffix -ing are both morphemes; catch may appear as its own word, or it may be combined with -ing to form the new word catching. Morphology also analyzes how words behave as parts of speech , and how they may be inflected to express grammatical categories including number , tense , and aspect .
listicle, from list and article [5] machinima, from machine and cinema [44] Pokémon, from pocket and monster [5] textonym, from text and synonym [2] vortal, from vertical and portal [2] Microsoft, from microcomputer and software [45]
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes.These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O
Pages in category "Morphemes" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Allomorph; C. Clitic;
Words can be formed purely from bound morphemes, as in English permit, ultimately from Latin per "through" + mittÅ "I send", where per-and -mit are bound morphemes in English. However, they are often thought of as simply a single morpheme. Per is not a bound morpheme; a bound morpheme, by definition, cannot stand alone as a word.