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October 02, 2005
Morphological Modifications
Question 1:
Language in general must be able to withstand and make necessary transitions when changes occur. The advantages of having morphological modifications leaves the language freer and able to fit with the changing times. Another advantage is the flexibility for innovation- new words, suffixes, prefixes, and morphemes for instance can all be created freely. I am sure several hundred words are added to our dictionaries a year, with that number, language must be plastic enough to incorporate morphological modifications. Furthermore, without restrictions on morphological advances, accidental gaps in our lexicon (like unsad) are frowned upon but the meaning can still be revealed.
Posted by lcissearls at October 2, 2005 01:13 AM