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    This document discusses different types of morphemes: - Free morphemes can stand alone with meaning, like "straight" and "bright". - Bound morphemes cannot stand alone and must be attached to other morphemes to form words, like prefixes "ante-" and "re-" or suffixes "-ly" and "-ed". - A base is the main meaningful part of a word, like "love" in "lovable". Affixes like prefixes and suffixes are added to bases but are not the main source of meaning. - Words contain at least one base and may contain one or more affixes, such as "readability" with base "read" and

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    This document discusses different types of morphemes: - Free morphemes can stand alone with meaning, like "straight" and "bright". - Bound morphemes cannot stand alone and must be attached to other morphemes to form words, like prefixes "ante-" and "re-" or suffixes "-ly" and "-ed". - A base is the main meaningful part of a word, like "love" in "lovable". Affixes like prefixes and suffixes are added to bases but are not the main source of meaning. - Words contain at least one base and may contain one or more affixes, such as "readability" with base "read" and

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    B.

    Free and Bound Morphemes:


    Morphemes are of two kinds ---------Free and Bound
     
    Free Morpheme:
    It is one that can be uttered alone with meaning as: straight and bright.
     
    Bound Morpheme:
    cannot be uttered alone with meaning it is always annexed to one or more
    morphemes to form a word and cannot be uttered in isolation such forms as:
    ante-, re-, -ly, un- played, preview
     ex. 8-3: Underline the bound morphem:
    1- speaker ------------ .
    2- kingdom ---------- .
    • C. Bases:
    • We have to distinguish between bases and affixes (such as prefixes and suffixes)
    • A base morpheme is the part of a word that has the principle meaning as:
    lovable, reenter
    • A bound morpheme not principle in meaning as: consent

    • Any word must contain 1base and one or more affixes as:
    • Readability------- free base= read
    • Two suffixes= abil and --- ity.
    read(v.), readable(adj.), readability(n.)

    • Unmistakable--- un|mis|take|able 1 free base which is take


    • 2 Prefix un--, mis--- 1 suffix able
    • Within bound morpheme it is difficult to know the exact meaning of them as in :
    sent in the following words: resent ‫امتعض‬
    • dissent‫مخا لف‬
    • consent‫ي وافق‬
    • sentiment‫حساس‬

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