DICTIONARY OF MORPHEMES
(Memorial to MYLADY ESTHER
(1920-2000), devoted language teacher)
The basic units of oral/written language are not the
phonemes or the graphemes, but the morphemes.
(The word "unladylike" involves 10 graphemes/letters, but 9 phonemes, with unpronounced
"e"; 4 syllables: "un-la-dy-like"; but 3 morphemes: "un-lady-like". However, "dogs" is 1
syllable, but 2 morphemes: "dog-s".) This is, usually, not explained to students. Apparently, no
morphemic dictionary exists, until now. Help: Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining FORMS, by Donald J. Borror. SUBTOPICS: HYPHENATION| LATIN-ENG. COGNATES|
GREEK-ENG. MORPHEMES| ENG. LANGUAGE HISTORY| SYNONYMS|HOMONYMS|
GRAPHEMES/
GRAPHONYMS| PREFIXES-SUFFIXES| COGNITIVE DISSONANCE| UNIVALENCY| EPONYMS| Uses in SCIENCE
| PALINDROMES| Alternative spelling for "fish"| CIRC-GAME| Y'ALL.COM
