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Zoeskytian Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

the Internal Structure of the Word “disagreeable”?

I get a puzzle about the Internal Structure of the Word “disagreeable”.That is , "disagreeable "has three morphemes, dis-, agree and -able. So, how can they combine to the word "disagreeable"?

dis-=disagree ?+-able=disagreeable or agree+able=agreeable ?dis=disagreeable? what is your opinion?and why?
  

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Dis + agree + able = disagreeable . No puzzle-- there are no restraints on priority. All four words exist simultaneously: agree, disagree, agreeable and disagreeable .

— Mister Micawber

  • Dis + agree + able = disagreeable .
  • No puzzle-- there are no restraints on priority.
  • All four words exist simultaneously: agree, disagree, agreeable and disagreeable .
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Dis + agree + able = disagreeable. No puzzle-- there are no restraints on priority. All four words exist simultaneously: agree, disagree, agreeable and disagreeable.
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agree+able=agreeable ?dis=disagreeable ... because disagreeable doesn't mean able to disagree; it means not agreeable.

CJ
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