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Lecture 6

Week 6 Chapter 6
ENGL215: Introduction to Linguistics
MORPHOLOGY
What is a word?
How many morphemes do these
words contain?
plays
replay
cheap
cheaply
cheaper
able
unable
brighten
Plays 2 morphemes {play} and {s}

Replay 2 morphemes {re} and {play}

Cheap 1 morpheme {cheap}

Cheaply 2 morphemes {cheap} and {ly}

Cheaper 2 morphemes {cheap} and {er}

Able 1 morpheme {able}

Unable 2 morphemes {un} and {able}

Brighten 2 morphemes {bright} and {en}


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References

Alroqi, H. (2013). Introduction to linguistics. Chapter 6: Morphology. Retrieved from

https://halroqi.kau.edu.sa/Files/0008718/Files/144707_Chapter%206%20-2014.pdf

Yule, G. (2017). The study of language. Cambridge University Press.

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