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nondecomposability? How many morphemes are in that word.

I have five-non,de,ability,com,ity

what about the pos?
Answered by Writeacher
Please re-think this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme
Answered by Student
I got: non, de, compose, able, ity. Is that correct?
Answered by Student
What is entailment in semantics? List three words (not necessarily related to each other) that evidence entailment and say what meanings each word entails.

Can you explain the 3 words part of this question. Three random words?
Answered by Writeacher
<b>I got: non, de, compose, able, ity. Is that correct? </b>
This is correct, I think, since "compose" can be a word on its own. If you learn it's not correct, though, separate the root (pos) from the prefix (com).

For your other question, please go to http://www.google.com and enter <b>entailment semantics</b>
Answered by Student
If com and pos can be separated just like able and ity, shouldn't I separate them now? I know com is a prefix but I didn't know pos is a root.
Answered by Writeacher
-pon- is the root of the Latin word meaning "to place" -- <i>pono, ponere, posui, positum</i>.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=compose&searchmode=none
See the 3rd entry down for a good explanation of the etymology of "compose" in its parts. But since it has a complete meaning as "compose," I don't think you'd have to take it apart for morpheme identification. (For phoneme identification, that would be different!)

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