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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Śtems/ English morphology / pls help

Hi , im Keen student of English studies and have two exercises as a home work to do , im asking for a help here as i am not an ignorant in terms of understanding the morphology but honestly, stems and morphemes, in Regards to deferientiation wether Its a root or not already are questions i cant always answer myself :' can You pls help with explanation for the following examples, pls ? -thank You
What are the stems in:

Dehumanizing
Decontextualization
Overcooking
Supranationalistic
Kidnesses
Contradistinction
Ascattered

Thank You very much !!!
Emilia
  

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Hi You can't always tell the meaning of an English word by taking it apart, but here are some ideas ... De - to remove something Dehumanise - to take away someone's humanity Decontextualisation - to take something out of context Over - to do something too much Overcooking - cooking food too much Overeating - eating too much Supra - something that crosses boundaries or is "above" the usual run of things Supranational - thinking about more than your own country Kind - this is a very old morpheme and, roughly, it means to act as you would toward your family ... Kindness - a natural feeling of friendliness or charity,as if you were acting toward a member of your own family Humankind - the human race, perhaps seen as one family Contra - against or opposite Contradict - to say the opposite Contradistinction - showing how something is different, by pointing out the opposite Ascatter Great word!

— Dave_anon

  • Hi You can't always tell the meaning of an English word by taking it apart, but here are some ideas ...
  • De - to remove something Dehumanise - to take away someone's humanity Decontextualisation - to take something out of context Over - to do something too much Overcooking - cooking food too much Overeating - eating too much Supra - something that crosses boundaries or is "above" the usual run of things Supranational - thinking about more than your own country Kind - this is a very old morpheme and, roughly, it means to act as you would toward your family ...
  • Kindness - a natural feeling of friendliness or charity,as if you were acting toward a member of your own family Humankind - the human race, perhaps seen as one family Contra - against or opposite Contradict - to say the opposite Contradistinction - showing how something is different, by pointing out the opposite Ascatter Great word!
  • I wan't sure it existed.
  • My guess is that a- here is short for all and is just used for emphasis: everything has been scattered Best regards, Dave
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Hi

You can't always tell the meaning of an English word by taking it apart, but here are some ideas ...

De - to remove something

Dehumanise - to take away someone's humanity

Decontextualisation - to take something out of context

Over - to do something too much

Overcooking - cooking food too much

Overeating - eating too m
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1. The stem or root is human. The prefix de and the suffixes ize and ing are added.
2. The stem is context. The prefix de and the suffixes ual, ize, and ation are added.
3. The stem is cook. The prefix over and the suffix ing are added.
4. The stem is nation. The prefix supra and the suffixes al and istic are added.
5. The stem is kind. The suffix ness and the inflection
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