Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
990,387,624 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

morpheme
(redirected from Morphemes)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
morpheme: see grammar grammar, description of the structure of a language, consisting of the sounds (see phonology ); the meaningful combinations of these sounds into words or parts of words, called morphemes; and the arrangement of the morphemes into phrases and sentences, called syntax.
..... Click the link for more information. .

morpheme

In linguistics, the smallest grammatical unit of speech. It may be an entire word (cat) or an element of a word (re- and -ed in reappeared). In so-called isolating languages, like Vietnamese, each word contains a single morpheme; in languages such as English, words often contain multiple morphemes. The study of morphemes is included in morphology.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Morphemes are the smallest unit of meaning in language.
Addressing literacy through neuroscience: with the brain now viewed ... by Tallal, Paula A. / School Administrator
Anyone can appreciate that speech consists of uttering words (or morphemes, to break the unit down even further) that are intended to have meaning.
Discourse analysis and the study of communication in LIS by Budd, John M. / Library Trends
He cites an overwhelming amount of evidence regarding the order in which some English morphemes are acquired.
Input processing revisited by Gragera, Antonio / Academic Exchange Quarterly
More results
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.