If we realize that suffixes render the most general semantic component of the word's lexical meaning...................................................................................., the reason why suffixes are as a rule semantically fused with the stem stands explained

Descripitive lexicology studies the words at a synchronic aspect. It is concerned with the vocabulary of a language as they exist at the …………………………….. time

Roots are main morphemic vehicles of a given idea in a given language at a given stage of its development. A root may be also regarded as the ultimate constituent element which remains ......................................... all functional and derivational affixes and does not admit any further analysis.

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, the …………………… of language.

Many English words consist of a single root-morpheme, so when we say that most morphemes possess ................................................... we imply mainly the root-morphemes in such words

It will at once be noticed that the root in English is very often homonymous with the word. This fact is of fundamental importance as .................................................................................... arising from its general grammatical system on the one hand, and from its phonemic system on the other