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Mon 29 Apr, 2013 09:04 pm
In withdraw, is 'with' an affix/bound morpheme? Or is 'withdraw' just a compound word with two free morphemes?
@qwertyqwerty11294,
It is can function as an affix because as a single element it implies "juxtaposition" but loses that connotation in compounds.
In the word "withdraw," "with" has the meaning of "away from." "With" doesn't function alone with that meaning. It's a bound morpheme.
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