Morpheme

What is a morpheme?

• A definition.

• Smallest unit of a word that still makes a sound.

• A word!

• Smallest unit of a word that still has meaning.

How many different TYPES of morphemes are there?

• 2

• 4

• 10

• 5

What type of morpheme comes at the start of a word?

A morpheme is a word.

• True

• False

What type of morpheme comes at the end of a word?

Can a word be a morpheme?

• Yes

• No

What language was spoken by the ancient Romans?

What TWO ancient languages are we going study morphemes from?

(Check all that apply)

• Latin

• English

• Greek

• Italian

What is the morpheme in the word: unhappy

• un

• happy

How did the romantic languages spread from Europe to the rest of the world?

• Because people in other parts of the world liked the way the Romantic Languages sounded so they started speaking them.

• Because of colonialism.

• Because the Romantic Languages are easy to learn.