Morphemes
Published on Apr 14, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Morpheme: a combination of sounds that have a meaning
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PREFIXES
- Are optional in a word
- Can be used more than once
- Is at the beginning of a word
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ROOT WORDS
- Are sometimes in a base word
- Can be changed with suffixes
- Can be a word by itself
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SUFFIXES
- Are added to the end of a word
- Can sometimes affect the spelling of the root word
- Are not always used in words
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BASE WORDS
- Prefixes and suffixes can be added
- Is a word by itself
- Spelling of the word can be changed with suffixes
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Some examples of morphemes are
Pre
Re
Con
In
Un
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