In Nouns^x, Morphemes^x, Verbs^x

But in the following definition even s is considered a meaningful unit. What do you say about it? I say the same as GG did. The s is considered meaningful at the end of a noun. Its meaning is "more than one". Another very short morpheme is n . At the end of some irregular verbs it makes the past...

Hi Verbal nouns have a verb as a base morpheme. If the attached derivational affixes (morphemes like -ness, pre, etc.) change their syntactic cathegory and the new lexeme is a noun, then you have a verbal noun. advance + -ment If the rules of grammar require a definite article to...

Am I correct in saying gerund is a verbal noun? Going home I met Joe. Which is the gerund here? 'Going home'? Yes, I think. What is 'going'? A non-finite verb in the gerund phrase the direct object of which is 'a house', nicht war? Am I correct in saying participle is an adjectival...

Forbes wrote: A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as...

A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that indicates the semantic...

Soulwhisper wrote: first of all..hi am a new member here from saudi arabia...and am taking morphology...and i have few questions need answers . first what can we consider the word..writings..in the sentence HIS WRITINGS WAS PUBLISHED IN ...is it right to say its containing lexical...

Thanks... I guess that's the way it should be. The problem with dis-illusion is that "disillusion" is a verb and not a noun. 'Illusion' is of course a noun, but there's no way a verb can be created by adding dis- to a noun... This is what has me confused - especially because it feels very wrong...

Hi, I study English at a Swedish university. I have some assignments to make, but they're difficult (for me, that is. You'll probably laugh). I stumpbled upon this board.. sorry for the intrusion. We're supposed to draw "trees" to the following words: unbearability disillusionment But I...

Could somebody read through the questions and my answers and tell me, whether there are correct and if necessary correct them for me. Thanks State the word class and briefly explain the reasons for this classification. 1. The noise annoyed me. annoyed: Verb, because it is the second...