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Morphology
The study of the structure of words
Morpheme
The smallest unit of language that carries meaning
Morphological Awareness
A conscious sensitivity to the morphological structure of words
Compounding
Two morphemes are combined to make a compound word without the use of affixes (prefixes and suffixes)
Morphological Construction
New words are created using affixes
Inflectional Morphology
Does not change the part of speech, basic meaning or pronounciation of root word, typically mastered by 6 years of age
Derivational Markers
May change the part of speech, meaning or phonetic structure of the root word