Neologisms

Terminology on neologisms. 

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What is a neologism?
A new word.
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What is morphology?
The study of the internal structure of words.
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What is a morpheme?
The smallest chunks of meaning which go on to make a word.
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What is a free morpheme?
A morpheme that makes sense on it's own.
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What is a bound morpheme?
A morpheme that can only work with other morphemes.
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What is a derivational morpheme?
A morpheme that produces a new word by subtly changing the meaning.
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What is an inflectional morpheme?
A morpheme that is added for grammatical reasons.
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What is morphology?

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The study of the internal structure of words.

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What is a morpheme?

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What is a free morpheme?

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