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folubunmi

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Question 1

How many morphemes are in the word "unchangeable"?

one morpheme, for the entire word
four morphemes, one for each syllable
nine morphemes, one for each letter of the alphabet used
three morphemes, one for each unit of meaning

Question 2

How many phonemes does the English language use?

approximately 450,000 phonemes, one for each word
26 phonemes, one for each letter of the alphabet
about 40 phonemes, corresponding to the letters of the alphabet plus several variations
all of the 100 or so phonemes that humans are capable of producing


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Marked as best answer by folubunmi on Oct 8, 2020

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folubunmi

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Reply 2 on: Oct 8, 2020
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Excellent

 

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