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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Morphemes.

The word untightenable consists of how many morphemes (bound and free)?...i tried doing it like this but i am completely lost.
so there are 4 morphemes

1. tight
2.tighten
3. tightenable
4. untightenable
please confirm it, if its right.
  

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soumaya 4. untightenable un + tight + en + able negative base verbal -(a)ble is an prefix suffix adjectival suffix (makes adjectives) (makes verbs) That's why the whole word is an adjective too. (the last suffix determines that) I can see four morphemes in the word.

— MichalS

  • soumaya 4.
  • untightenable un + tight + en + able negative base verbal -(a)ble is an prefix suffix adjectival suffix (makes adjectives) (makes verbs) That's why the whole word is an adjective too.
  • (the last suffix determines that) I can see four morphemes in the word.
  • Only one of them is free ("tight") and the rest of them are bound morphemes as they could not be independent words on their own but only word constituents.
  • You don't seem "completely lost" to me!
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soumaya4. untightenable
un + tight + en + able
negative base verbal -(a)ble is an
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thank u soooo much.. now i see were i am, thank *** i am not lost loool
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