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Grodan Boll Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

native and classical morphemes

Could someone please help me to pick out 10 morphemes that are either native (germanic) or classical (latin)? I apprecaite your help.

When people hear a foreign or unfamiliar word for the first time, they try to make sense of it by relating it to words they know well. They guess what it must mean - and often guess wrongly. However, if enough people make the same wrong guess, the error can become part of the language.
  

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) know - OE well - OE guess - ON what - OE must - OE mean - OE and - OE often - OE wrong- - OE -ly - OE how- OE -ever - OE if - OE enough - OE same - ON error - L can - OE become - OE part - L via F language - L via F (= langu(e)- + -age both L via F)

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  • ) know - OE well - OE guess - ON what - OE must - OE mean - OE and - OE often - OE wrong- - OE -ly - OE how- OE -ever - OE if - OE enough - OE same - ON error - L can - OE become - OE part - L via F language - L via F (= langu(e)- + -age both L via F)
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Germanic: OE = Old English ON = Old Norse; Latin: F = French L = Latin


when - OE

people - L via F

hear - OE

a - OE

foreign - L via F

or - OE

un- - OE

-familiar - L

word - OE

for - OE

the - OE

first - OE

time - OE

they - ON

try - F

to - OE

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how can one see if a morpheme is native or classical? do they have any specific characteristics?
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Not sure I can answer that. Up to a point you get a feel for it. It obviously helps if you know Latin and French.
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Grodan Bollhow can one see if a morpheme is native or classical?
A good dictionary.
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http://www.etymonline.com/ tells you everything you need to know about a word.
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