Talk:Morpheme
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I think there are 2 views here that are being combined in this entry. There are linguists that would only include as morphemes, a unit of "grammatical meaning," like plural markers, past tense markers etc. Others would include as morphemes, any unit of "meaning," like "find," "book," etc. In introducing "meaning" into the concept of morpheme, one also introduces a subjective element and context-sensitive element.
I am not sure that one can combine these approaches.
Dictionary definitions are rarely helpful here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RoseParks (talk • contribs) 15:06, 15 May 2001
- I'm also very leary of combining Morphological analysis and Lexical analysis, as is implied by saying morphemes combine to form lexemes. We are definitely treading too far from the Neutral Perspective in that statement. I know linguists (non-Chomsky to be sure) who would read this and consider it an aberration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Conversion script (talk • contribs) 15:43, 25 February 2002
This The morpheme plural-s has the morph "-s" in cats ([kæts]), but "-es" in dishes ([diʃɪz]), and even the soft s, [z], in dogs ([dogz]). These are the allomorphs of "-s". It might even change entirely into -ren in children. is from Spencer, morphology. FlammingoHey 09:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The current english example says that able is a bound morpheme while it is clearly free: able to be broken <=> breakable. --66.92.165.38 04:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Serious Review Required
This encyclopaedic entry cannot be considered accurate unless outstanding issues have been addressed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp adelaide (talk • contribs) 14:45, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Definition needs more detail
Include the root of the word Morpheme (New Testament Greek?) and the linguistics schools it applies and does not apply to. Include links to other linguistic topics based around morphemes and the philosophy of linguistic study. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp adelaide (talk • contribs) 14:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Able a free or bound morpheme?
In the article the morpheme "-able" in the word "unbreakable" is described as a bound morpheme. I would suggest that isn't the case: the morpheme "able" is a free morpheme such as "break", as it can be a word of its own, a synonymous of "capable". manu3d (talk) 15:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
!This article conflicts itself it claims suffixes are both free and bound morphemes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.174.93 (talk) 19:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
