simple past tense and past participle of morphemize

plural of morphemization

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

(linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly.

plural of bound morpheme

plural of cranberry morpheme

(linguistic morphology) A purely formal morpheme with no semantic content.

(linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or infix to give it meaning.

plural of free morpheme

plural of empty morpheme