Example sentences for: morpheme

How can you use “morpheme” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • , the division into morphemes in Spanish is tamal-es whereas English-speakers took it to be tamale-s ). English has both frijol and frijole , the latter of which may be explained in the same way: English-speakers borrowed Spanish plural frijoles (whose singular is frijol ), from which they back-formed a new singular, frijole (again, the morpheme division in Spanish is frijol-es whereas certain English-speakers took it to be frijole-s ). English frijol , on the other hand, is derived straightforwardly from the Spanish singular.

  • The hyphens that separate -athon from the base morpheme is most new usages surely are self-conscious attempts to call attention to the wit invested in the coinage, like parsley atop a casserole of leftovers.

  • A second class of bound and gagged morphemes comprises innovations based upon a portion of a common term that is either not a morpheme or an incorrect form of a morpheme used in a new sense.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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