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October 01, 2005
1. Morphological Modification
•“Part of our linguistic competence includes knowledge of the morphology of the language” (Fromkin 107) Words are units of meanings with internal organization. Under the rules of morphology, root morphemes combine with affixes to form more complex words. The morphological modifications make language easier to learn because once we know the lexical content, or root we recognize affixes that change the meaning (derivational) of the word. These rules help us to remember or recognize new words. Therefore, morphological modifications make it simpler for us to make new entries to our mental lexicon.
Posted by lcisbold at October 1, 2005 06:01 PM