Words similar to morpheme
Example sentences for: morpheme
How can you use “morpheme” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Admittedly I have given in to temptation in coining the term “bound and gagged morpheme”--the temptation of wit.
The American propensity for lexical shanghaiing has produced a new type of morpheme, the bound and gagged morpheme.
Because the model behind the original innovation must be easily recognizable to provide material for a new morpheme, most models are either placenames or common words for locations and activities.
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language; a bound morpheme is one that appears only in combination with another morpheme, such as the suffixes and prefixes of English.
Everything except this memorable portion of the word is then dropped, and a new morpheme is substituted in an innovation; once the innovation is generally known, it suggests a pattern for further combinations with the neomorpheme, whose meaning generalizes upon the model's salient contemporary import.