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Offline jungjae97

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MORPHEME
« on: October 09, 2018, 01:18:15 AM »
just a simple question as i just started in this field.
when we breakdown the chain for the word 'laughed' what do we categorized the 'ed' as?
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Offline Daniel

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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2018, 07:44:51 AM »
It depends on your theory/analysis!

-ed marks past tense in English, of course. But exactly how you analyze that depends on your textbook/instructor/theory. There are a lot of different possibilities.
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