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

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.

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