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| | Morphemes and Allomorphy |
 | | Morphemes can be roots or affixes, depending on whether they are the main part or dependent part of a word (cf. |
 | | In this example, the first two morphemes were borrowed into English from different languages, a sufficient reason for thinking of them as different elements and hence distinct morphemes. |
 | | This kind of situation, in which our definition of morpheme as an element pairing a particular form with a particular meaning might lead us to call these one morpheme, but our historical knowledge leads us to call them two, is comparatively rare. |
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