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Robert
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Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 12:47 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

What terms would you use to distinguish morphology from 'morphemeology' (the latter is made up)

I used to use morphology to mean the structure of say, a verb -faidh in the future tense. But, www.compapp.dcu.ie/~alex/CA163/ch2.html suggest that morphology relates to meaning.

I can see how, but should there not be better differences?

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Max
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Post Number: 211
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 03:49 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I agree with practically all that is said in this article (with some interrogations on certain points which are not clear).

Still...

I use the term "morphology" to refer to any form change that has no impact whatsoever on the meaning.
I never use the term "morpheme", i use the term "moneme" instead.
"morpheme" is defined as "the smallest contrasting unit of meaning". It looks a lot like the definition of "moneme" I use, but I'd have to read more to be sure we're talking about the exact same thing.



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