Morpheme vs Disfix - What's the difference?
morpheme | disfix |
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".
(linguistics) A subtractive morpheme, that is, a morpheme which manifests itself through elision (the removal of segments from a root or stem).
As nouns the difference between morpheme and disfix
is that morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable" while disfix is a subtractive morpheme, that is, a morpheme which manifests itself through elision (the removal of segments from a root or stem).morpheme
English
(wikipedia morpheme)Noun
(en noun)- The word pigs'' consists of two morphemes : ''pig'' (a particular animal) and ''s'' (indication of the plural).
- The word werewolves''' consists of four morphemes: "''were''" (~ man), "''wolf''" (a particular animal), "''es " (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).