How many morphemes in words most/worst
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My intuition tells me that they are both 2 morphemes, where /t/ represents the superlative form.
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My intuition tells me that they are both 2 morphemes, where /t/ represents the superlative form.
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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My intuition tells me that they are both 2 morphemes, where /t/ represents the superlative form.
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My intuition tells me that they are both 2 morphemes, where /t/ represents the superlative form.
linguistics morphology
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
– John Lawler
Oct 12 at 18:02
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Similar: Is “best” monomorphemic?
– sumelic
Oct 12 at 21:18
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
– John Lawler
Oct 12 at 18:02
2
Similar: Is “best” monomorphemic?
– sumelic
Oct 12 at 21:18
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
– John Lawler
Oct 12 at 18:02
There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
– John Lawler
Oct 12 at 18:02
2
2
Similar: Is “best” monomorphemic?
– sumelic
Oct 12 at 21:18
Similar: Is “best” monomorphemic?
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Oct 12 at 21:18
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In a comment, John Lawler wrote:
There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
In a comment, John Lawler wrote:
There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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There are two morphemes, but this is a suppleted form instead of an affix. Like good, better, best, the comparative and superlative of bad are also formed by suppletion: bad, worse, worst. So the morphemes in worst are {bad} + {-est}; similarly most is {much} + {-est}, but this is just root variation, not real suppletion.
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