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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each gap. What Is a Morpheme? According (1) __________ the guidelines of morphology, the linguistics branch concerned (2) __________ the internal structure (3) __________ words, a morpheme is the very smallest meaningful linguistic unit in the grammar of a language. In written language, morphemes are composed (4) __________ graphemes, or the smallest units of typography. In oral language, however, they are composed of phonemes, or the smallest units of speech. A morpheme can be either a word or just an element of a word. For example, the word “technique” is (5) __________ a word and a morpheme because it cannot be broken down into any smaller meaningful parts. A more complex example is the word “unkindly,” which consists of three morphemes: “un,” which means not, “kind,” which means benevolent, and “ly,” which means like. None of these can be broken up into smaller parts without losing all semantic meaning. These units are categorized depending (6) __________ how they combine with other morphemes in order to create a word. A free morpheme, (7) __________ is often called an unbound morpheme, is a linguistic unit that is able to stand alone as a word without another morpheme (8) __________ to it. The word “cat” is a good example of this type. Bound morphemes, on the other hand, are sounds or a combination of sounds that must be bound to a free morpheme in order to create a word. Most prefixes and suffixes are this type. For example, the letter “s” in the word “dogs” is bound because it does not have (9) __________ semantic meaning without the free part, “dog.” In the English language, morphemes may also be classified into the following types: root, stem, or affix. A root, sometimes called a base, is the part that gives the word its meaning. For example, the root morpheme “bird” gives the word “birds” its meaning, which is a particular type of animal. A stem is the root of a word combined (10) __________ any affixes. An affix is the morpheme that comes at the beginning, called a prefix, or at the end, called a suffix, of a root. Many people believe that morphemes are the same as syllables, but this is incorrect. The word “apple,” for example, has two syllables but only one morpheme. “Apple” cannot be broken up into "app" and "le," (11) __________ are two separate syllables, because “app” and “le” have no semantic meaning (12) __________ their own.
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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each gap.
What Is a Morpheme?
According (1) __________ the guidelines of morphology, the linguistics branch concerned (2) __________ the internal structure (3) __________ words, a morpheme is the very smallest meaningful linguistic unit in the grammar of a language. In written language, morphemes are composed (4) __________ graphemes, or the smallest units of typography. In oral language, however, they are composed of phonemes, or the smallest units of speech. A morpheme can be either a word or just an element of a word. For example, the word “technique” is (5) __________ a word and a morpheme because it
cannot be broken down into any smaller meaningful parts. A more complex example is the word “unkindly,” which consists of three morphemes: “un,” which means not, “kind,” which means benevolent, and “ly,” which means like. None of these can be broken up into smaller parts without losing all semantic meaning. These units are categorized depending (6) __________ how they combine with other morphemes in order to create a word. A free morpheme, (7) __________ is often called an unbound morpheme, is a linguistic unit that is able to stand alone as a word without another morpheme (8) __________ to it. The word “cat” is a good example of this type. Bound morphemes, on the other hand, are sounds or a combination of sounds that must be bound to a free morpheme in order to create a word. Most prefixes and suffixes are this type. For example, the letter “s” in the word “dogs” is bound because it does not have (9) __________ semantic meaning without the free part, “dog.” In the English language, morphemes may also be classified into the following types: root, stem, or affix. A root, sometimes called a base, is the part that gives the word its meaning. For example, the root morpheme “bird” gives the word “birds” its meaning, which is a particular type of animal. A stem is the root of a word combined (10) __________ any affixes. An affix is the morpheme that comes at the beginning, called a prefix, or at the end, called a suffix, of a root. Many people believe that morphemes are the same as syllables, but this is incorrect. The word “apple,” for example, has two syllables but only one morpheme. “Apple” cannot be broken up into "app" and "le," (11) __________ are two separate syllables, because “app” and “le” have no semantic meaning (12) __________ their own.
