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1. The morphemic structure of the word. The notions of morpheme, morph, allomorph.
2. The traditional classification of morphemes.
3. The notion of distribution, types of morphemic distribution.
4. The principle of identifying free / bound, overt / covert, additive / replacive, continuous /
discontinuous morphemes.
5. The notion of zero morpheme.
Practical tasks
1. Do the morphemic analysis of the words on the lines of the traditional and
distributional classifications.
MODEL: Do the morphemic analysis of the word “inseparable”.
On the lines of the traditional classification the word “inseparable” is treated as a three-
morpheme word consisting of the root “-separ-”, the prefix “in-” and the lexical suffix “-
able”.
On the lines of the distributional analysis the root “-separ-” is a bound, overt, continuous,
additive morpheme; the prefix “in-” is bound, overt, continuous, additive; the suffix “-able”
is bound, overt, continuous, additive.
2. Define the type of the morphemic distribution according to which the given words
are grouped.
MODEL: insensible - incapable
The morphs “-ible” and “-able” are in complementary distribution, as they have the same
meaning but are different in their form which is explained by their different environments
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