Ch-3+璇句欢DevelopmentofEVocabulary.pptVIP

Chapter Three Word Structure Main Points Morphemes Definition; Morphemes, morphs allomorphs Classification; Identification; Morphemes Word-formation 3.1 Morphemes What is morpheme? sun, book, fine, eat, well Each is a morpheme. 3.1 Morphemes internationalization inter + nation + al + iz[e] + ation Each is a morpheme. A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. A word is the smallest free form of a language. 3.2 Morph, Morpheme Allomorphs bird /b?:d/, tree /tri:/, green /gri:n/ BUT plural morpheme {-s} cats /s/, bags /z/, matches /iz/ 3.2 Morph Morpheme plural