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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In morphology, a &#039;&#039;&#039;cranberry morpheme&#039;&#039;&#039; is a type of [[bound morpheme]] that cannot be assigned a meaning nor a grammatical function, but nonetheless serves to distinguish one word from the other. <br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> The English word &#039;&#039;cranberry&#039;&#039; seems morphologically complex, since it must be distinguished from words such as &#039;&#039;raspberry&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;blackberry&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;gooseberry&#039;&#039;. Still, &#039;&#039;cran&#039;&#039; has no meaning and does not function as an independent [[word]]: &#039;&#039;cranberry&#039;&#039; is the only word in which &#039;&#039;cran&#039;&#039; appears. <br /> <br /> ===Comment===<br /> The existence of &#039;&#039;cranberry-&#039;&#039;morphemes plays a role in the discussion whether morphology is word based or morpheme based (e.g. Aronoff 1976).<br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Cranberry+morpheme&amp;lemmacode=949 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Aronoff, M. 1976. &#039;&#039;Word Formation in Generative Grammar.&#039;&#039; Cambridge, Mass: MIT-press.<br /> *{{: Spencer 1991}}<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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