User:RBUX333/Empty Morpheme

Empty morpheme

Empty morphemes are morphemes that are present in a word but hold no meaning.

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Examples of empty morphemes
The letter u in the word factual and sensual

The suffix -al is used to create an adjective form of the lemma for which it is modifying. When breaking down factual; "Fact-" means truth, the "-al" suffix modifies the word to an adjective, but the "-u-" placed between the two morphemes holds no content in itself.

The letter o in thermometer and speedometer.Therm is descendant of