morpheme

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English - Turkish
(Dilbilim) anlambirim
morfem
biçimbirim
i., dilb. morfem, biçimbirim
(isim) morfem

Related Terms

bound morpheme
(Dilbilim) bağımlı biçimbirim
grammatical morpheme
biçimbirim
linking morpheme
(Dilbilim) bağlayıcı biçimbirim
English - English
The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable"

The word werewolves' consists of morphemes: were (~ man), wolf (a particular animal), es (plural), and ' (indicating possessive).

The smallest linguistic unit that can carry a meaning
The smallest meaningful unit of language
the smallest unit of single or combined sounds denoting meaning within a given language
A word or part of a word, not further divisible into meaningful parts
A unit of meaning in a language
A word such as wait, or a part of a word, as ed in waited, not further divisible into a meaningful part
the smallest unit of sound that carries a distinct meaning
In linguistics, the smallest unit of meaning; morphemes are put together to form words, or sometimes a word may consist of a single morpheme Morphemes are themselves made up of phonemes For example, the word "logs" is made up of two morphemes, "log" and "s" -- "s" is a morpheme that is often used in English to indicate the plural
the smallest unit of meaning in grammar
The smallest unit of meaning Any word or part of a word that conveys meaning and cannot be further divided into smaller meaningful elements
Smallest meaning unit in the formation of a word Free morphemes may occur as independent words; bound morphemes always occur within a word attached to a stem or base word
The smallest contrastive unit of grammar A minimally distinctive unit of meaning in the context of a particular language For example, cats consists of two morphemes: cat and -s, the plural suffix The -s is called a bound form while cat is a free (or stand alone) form dogs also has the -s but it is pronounced /z/
the smallest unit of meaning A word may consist of one morpheme (need), two morphemes (need/less, need/ing) or three or more morphemes (un/happi/ness) Suffixes and prefixes are morphemes
a meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a root word or a word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts "Pick" and "s", in the word "picks," are morphemes See also: phoneme
A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as -ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
The smallest unit of language that is grammatically significant Morphemes may be bound, ie they cannot exist on their own; eg -er,un-, -ed, mis- ; or they can be free, as is ball in football
The most basic unit of sound that has meaning in English, the sound "pa"
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words `the', `in', and `girl' consist of one morpheme. The word `girls' consists of two morphemes: `girl' and `s'. the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words 'so', 'the' and 'boy' consist of one morpheme. 'Boys' consists of two morphemes, 'boy' and 's'. (morphème, from morphe + -eme (as in phoneme)). 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
{i} smallest meaningful language unit (Morphology)
The smallest element of a language that carries meaning
A Minimal strech of speech taht has a meaning, either grammatical or independent
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
In linguistics, any word or word part that conveys meaning, cannot be divided into smaller elements conveying meaning, and usually occurs in a variety of contexts with relatively stable meaning
The smallest unit of meaning in a language (e g , prefix or suffix) that is combined with other such units in various ways to create words (Solso)
the smallest unit of single or combined sounds that denotes meaning within a given language
the minimal sign, un decomposable in a given synchronic state E g ,retropropulseurs contains five morphemes

Related Terms

bound morpheme
A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example, -ed, -ing, -ly
cranberry morpheme
A bound morpheme within a complex word which is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language. May refer narrowly to morphemes which occur in a single word, or more broadly to fossilized morphemes generally
morpheme.
-morph
bound morpheme
A bound morpheme can only occur in connection with other morphemes Example: -s, -ion, un-, -ize
bound morpheme
A bound morpheme is a prefix or suffix, which cannot stand as a word in its own right, but which, can be attached to a free morpheme and modify the meaning of the free morpheme For example, "happy" is a free morpheme, which becomes "unhappily" when the prefix "un-", and suffix "-ly", both bound morphemes, are attached
bound morpheme
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
bound morpheme
A morpheme that must be attached to a free morpheme to have meaning
free morpheme
a morpheme that can occur alone
morphemes
Meaningful combinations of sound units in a language
morphemes
Plural of morpheme
morphemes
Parts of a word which singly or together convey meaning
morphemes
The smallest units of meaning in a language (p 287)
morphemes
morphemes are the smalles units of a language that carry meaning A word can be comprised of one or more morpheme
morphemic
{s} of or about the smallest meaningful language unit (Morphology)
morphemic
of or relating to morphemics or to a morpheme
morphemic
of or relating to morphemes
morphemically
by morphemes, with the smallest meaningful unit of language (Morphology)
morpheme

    Hyphenation

    mor·pheme

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'mor-"fEm ] (noun.) 1926. French morphème, from Greek morphE form.
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