Happy #morphememonday everyone!
Can you believe, that next week, it will be the 30th #morphememonday post?!?
Definition: not, in
Origin: Latin
Examples: illegal, illustrious, illiquid, illusive, illicit
<il> + <lit> + <er> + <ate> = illiterate
<il> + <lude> = illude
<il> + <logic> + <al> = illogical
<il> + <liber> + <al> = illiberal
<il> + <lustr> + <ate> = illustrate
-This is an allomorph for the morpheme <in> that is used before a base word beginning with the letter ‘l’
-This allomorph should be at least mentioned in a successive lesson after teaching the <in> prefix
-This prefix should be taught once students have established prefix vocabulary in upper elementary school or in high school.
Definition: reason, motivate
Origin: Latin
Examples: accusation, excused, because, causation, causability
<in> + <ex> + <cus> + <able> -> inexcusable
<ac> + <cus> + <er> -> accuser
<cause> + <al> -> causal
<ex> + <cus> + <ing> -> excusing
<cause> + <less> -> causeless
–This root should be taught to students in context in upper elementary or early high school.
Suffix: ism
Definition: state of being, doctrine, system, belief or characteristic
Origin: Greek
Examples: baptism, communism, heroism, Hinduism, impressionism
<class> + <ic> + <ism> -> classicism
<nation> + <al> + <ism> -> nationalism
<real> + <ism> -> realism
<pagan> + <ism> -> paganism
<vandal> + <ism> -> vandalism
This suffix is noun forming, meaning that when you add it to a base word, the word becomes a noun.
This suffix should be taught to students in the upper elementary grades.
– <ism> is related to <ist> and <ize> and it can be added to many of the same base elements to make nouns.
Once all three of these suffixes have been taught to the students, challenge them to see how many words they can come up with that can be used with all three suffixes.
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