Thursday, October 13, 2011

Comparison and contrast of wordform, word, morpheme, and syllable

Comparison and contrast of wordform, word, morpheme, and syllable

 

Compare and contrast: Wordform, word, morpheme, and syllable
  Here is a table that compares and contrasts a morpheme with other minimal units in language:
 
A …
Is the smallest unit of …
That …
Wordform
Speech or writing
  • Has distinctive meaning.
  • Can occur by itself. (In most orthographies it is separated from other wordforms by a space.)
Word
Syntax
  • Has distinctive meaning.
  • Can occur by itself.
Morpheme
Syntax
  • Has a distinctive meaning.
  • Cannot occur by itself unless it is in a monomorphemic word.
Syllable
Pronunciation
  • Has no inherent distinctive meaning.
  • Cannot occur by itself unless it is in a monosyllabic word.

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