Morphology

Flashcards about morphology, including morphemes, bases, prefixes, suffixes and how morphology relates to reading and spelling.

Morphology

The study of word parts and word structure.

Morphemes

The smallest meaningful units in a language.

Bases

Main meaning carrying units in a word, also known as roots or stems.

Prefix

Word part added to the beginning of a word or base.

Suffix

Word part added to the end of a word or base.

Morphology

A word's structure, its meaningful parts.

Word Knowledge

The different aspects of the word that morphology binds together, including meaning, phonology, and orthography.

Phonology

How a word sounds.

Orthography

A word's spelling.

Morphophonemic

Both phonological and morphemic relationships are preserved in spelling.