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* Morpheme: meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word (such as dog) or a word element (such as the -s at the end of dogs) that can't be divided into
smaller meaningful parts. morpheme – the minimal linguistic sign bound morpheme – a morpheme that can only occur if attached to some other phoneme
• full • fullness • spoonful • cheerful “Most analysts of contemporary English prefer to distinguish three morphs: a root in full and fullness, a noun-forming
affix inspoonful, and an adjective- forming affix in peaceful and cheerful.”
19. Prefixes
A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. Common prefixes
include anti- (against), co- (with), mis- (wrong, bad), and trans- (across). Prefixation (the process of adding a prefix to
a word) is a common way of forming new words in English.
Examples: anti-, auto-, circum-, co-, ex-, trans-, inter-, dis-.
20. Suffixes