#morphememonday: April 20, 2020

by | Apr 20, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays

Happy #morphememonday!

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                      <ex> + <press> + <ive> -> expressive
                      <un> + <ex> + <pect> + <ed> -> unexpected
                      <ex> + <cite> + <ment> -> excitement
                      <ex> + <empt> + <ion> -> exemption
                      <ex> + <haust> + <ing> -> exhausting

 

  • This prefix has two variants

          ∗    <e> in words such as elect, elapse, erect, elision, eject

          ∗    <ec> in words such as eclipse, anecdote, ecstasy, appendectomy, eccentric

 

  • When the prefix <ex> means formerly, a hyphen is used as in ex-member, ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-patriot

  • This prefix is common and it should be explicitly taught to students once they begin building their prefix inventory in the intermediate grades.

 

                 

                      <pro> + <duct> + <ive> + <ness> -> productiveness
                      <trans> + <duct> + <ion> -> transduction
                      <post> + <pro> + <duct> + <ion> -> postproduction
                      <ab> + <duct> + <or> -> abductor
                      <in> + <duct> + <ive> -> inductive

 

  • This root should be explicitly taught to students in the upper elementary or early high school grades.

  • This root is a good one to include in a word matrix so students can explore the various words that can be made with this one root.

 

 

 

                    <like> + <ly> + <hood> -> likelihood
                    <preist> + <hood> -> priesthood
                    <state> + <hood> -> statehood
                    <false> + <hood> -> falsehood
                    <child> + <hood> -> childhood 

 

  • When this suffix is added to a base it forms a noun

  • While this suffix does show up in conversations somewhat regularly, it is not one I would focus on teaching explicitly to students. Instead I would discuss the suffix when it comes up in the context of a conversation.

Last time, on April 6, 2020 the morphemes were the prefix <for>, the root <rect,rig, reg> and the suffix <ent>.

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