monomorphemic

Related to monomorphemic: morpheme

monomorphemic

(ˌmɒnəʊmɔːˈfiːmɪk)

adj

(Linguistics) linguistics containing only one morpheme

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mon•o•mor•phe•mic

(ˌmɒn oʊ mɔrˈfi mɪk)

adj.

containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla.

[1935–40]

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monomorphemic - consisting of only one morpheme; "`raise' is monomorphemic but `rays' is not"

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As argued in Krug (1998), innit has resulted from a process of lexicalisation (Traugott 1994): the invariable tag question isn't it has become monomorphemic and opaque, and is, therefore, no longer divisible into the three lexical items that it comprises, namely the third person singular present form is, the negative marker not and the third person singular neuter subject pronoun it.

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