containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla
Word origin
[1935–40; mono- + morphemic]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, fluorocarbon, hard core, roadblock, walk-throughmono- is a combining form meaning “alone,” “single,” “one” (monogamy); specialized in some scientific terms to denote a monomolecular thickness (monolayer) and adapted in chemistry to apply to compounds containing one atom of a particularelement (monohydrate). Other words that use the affix mono- include: monobuoy, monograph, monogyny, monohybrid, monorail
Examples of 'monomorphemic' in a sentence
monomorphemic
The modifying noun may be monomorphemic or have greater complexity and consist of multiple morphemes or constituents.
Hein van der Voort 2006, 'Attributive constructions in Kwaza', Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222006000100007&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In a second experiment, some nonce words are interpetable as morphologically complex, while others suggest a monomorphemic parse.
Gillian Gallagher, Maria Gouskova, Gladys Camacho Rios 2019, 'Phonotactic restrictions and morphology in Aymara', Glossahttps://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the first experiment, speakers are asked to repeat nonce words that should be interpreted as monomorphemic.
Gillian Gallagher, Maria Gouskova, Gladys Camacho Rios 2019, 'Phonotactic restrictions and morphology in Aymara', Glossahttps://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recall was best for monomorphemic and worst for inflected word forms with performance on derived words in between.
Elisabet eService, Sini eMaury 2015, 'Differential recall of derived and inflected word forms in working memory: Examiningthe role of morphological information in simple and complex working memory tasks',Frontiers in Human Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.01064/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)