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Morphology<br />

● Variations <strong>of</strong> a root form <strong>of</strong> a word<br />

» prefixes, suffixes<br />

● Inflectional morph - same core meaning<br />

» plurals, past tense, superlatives<br />

» part <strong>of</strong> speech unchanged<br />

● Derivational morph - change meaning<br />

» prefix re means do again: reheat, resit<br />

» suffix er means one who: teacher, baker<br />

» part <strong>of</strong> speech changed<br />

Computing Science, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aberdeen 1

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