MORPHEME
Thursday, November 8, 2007
		 MORPHEME = the smallest meaningful      unit of language (any part of a word that cannot be broken down further into      smaller meaningful parts, including the whole word itself). The word 'items'      can be broken down into two meaningful parts: 'item' and the plural suffix      '-s'; neither of these can be broken down into smaller parts that have a meaning.      Therefore 'item' and '-s' are both morphemes.
    
    
    
	
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