monomorphemic
adjective language specialized uk/ˌmɒn.əʊ.mɔːˈfiː.mɪk/ us/ˌmɑː.noʊ.mɔːrˈfiː.mɪk/
单语素的
having one morpheme (= the smallest unit of language that has its own meaning, either a word or a part of a word)
The words were marked for whether they were monomorphemic (eg "sock") or bimorphemic (eg "boys"). 这些词被标注了它们是单语素词(比如“sock”)还是双语素词(比如“boys”)。
Compare: bimorphemic
- More examples
- In Chinese, there are monomorphemic words that contain two characters.
- The study was interested in children's production of monomorphemic words.
- The prediction is that there will be a big difference between rates of deletion in regular past tense versus monomorphemic forms.