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Definition of Morpheme
1. Noun. Minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units.
Specialized synonyms: Allomorph, Free Form, Free Morpheme, Bound Form, Bound Morpheme, Classifier, Ending, Termination
Derivative terms: Morphemic
Definition of Morpheme
1. Noun. (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morpheme
1. a linguistic unit [n -S]
Medical Definition of Morpheme
1. The smallest linguistic unit with a meaning. Origin: G. Morphe, form + -eme, from phoneme, G. Pheme,utterance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morpheme
Literary usage of Morpheme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Disorders: Holistic Diagnosis and Remediation by Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo (1993)
"Incidental morpheme Analysis (IMA) IMA (Manzo & Manzo, 1990a) was developed to
give on-the-spot supplemental assistance in word learning during content ..."
2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"The morpheme of the pluperfect subjunctive was /-is:e-/, followed by the ...
The Perfect Passive There was no special morpheme for the passives of the ..."
3. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"Design 5: Incidental morpheme Analysis Eighty percent of the words in the English
... The Incidental morpheme Analysis strategy, a method fashioned by the ..."
4. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"3 In some modern analyses, "the adverbial participle has no morpheme at all" (cf.
Zvelebil 1970:41; also Ananthakrishna Pillai 1972:369 and Tokunaga ..."
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