#  Free and Bound Morphemes + Morphemic Units 

 



7\. Download and print the attached exercise and bring it to section. It asks to you break down English words into morphemic units. Remember that etymological roots do not always identify morphemes. The final arbiter is what a competent speaker of English would consider the smallest meaningful unit.

For some fun with words like "unkempt" (where's "kempt"?) see [this brief humor piece by Jack Winter in a 1994 issue of *The New Yorker*](http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1994/07/25/1994_07_25_082_TNY_CARDS_000367745?printable=true).



 

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