morphemic
- adjective
- /mɔrˈfimɪk/
- Specialized
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morfémico
- The linguistic approach involves instruction in morphemic analysis—the study of prefixes, suffixes, and roots that may provide clues to the meaning of a word.
- morphemic analysis
- morphemic strategies
Examples
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Through word work, you help readers develop flexibility with words and word parts, noticing syllables, working with letters and sounds, and understanding the morphemic structure of words.
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In addition, the morphemic analysis group made significant gains compared with the LINCS group on a morphemic analysis test (i.e., writing morphemes, writing morpheme meanings, predicting word meanings).
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Errors at this stage are lexical or morphemic.
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Integrating contextual and morphemic strategies
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The study found that morphemic awareness was a significant predictor of reading comprehension between fourth and fifth grades.
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The morphemic analysis group was taught a mnemonic strategy for identifying and defining morphemes with the use of a graphic organizer.
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In all styles, the linguistic creativity in science fiction, at a lexical and morphemic level, usually involves a thick texture of neologisms.
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Both the Kieffer and Lesaux (2008) and Harris et al. (2011) studies indicated that morphemic analysis strategies improved vocabulary acquisition, knowledge of word structure, and comprehension for ELLs and students with RD.
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In addition, the morphemic analysis group made significant gains compared with the LINCS group on a morphemic analysis test (i.e., writing morphemes, writing morpheme meanings, predicting word meanings).
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Researchers have recommended that both contextual and morphemic analysis strategies be explicitly taught during vocabulary instruction; however, additional empirical research is needed to confirm the effectiveness of this combination of strategies (Carlo et al., 2004; Katz & Carlisle, 2009).
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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7.6
How small parts make words
Relating to how words form and change in a language
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word morphemic comes from morpheme, which has the root morph meaning 'form' and appears in words like metamorphosis. So, morphemic means 'about the smallest meaningful parts of words', and it describes things that relate to those tiny pieces of meaning.