’ Number four – a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language.

第四个词-词语言中最小意义单位。

For example, ’Gazillion’ contains two morphemes – ga and zillion.’

例如gazillion包含两个词——ga和zillion。

OK, I heard umpteen and umpty, which end in the morphemes -teen and –ty, like fifteen and fifty.

好，我听到了无数，还有两个词，它们像十五和四十一样，以teen和ty音结尾。

But we still have a sense that these are quite small, because of the morphemes -ty and –teen.

但我们仍然感觉些都表示比较小数字，因为其中-ty和-teen音。

How many morphemes does the average speaker know?

普通说话者知道多少个语？

It involves the reordering of phonemes or morphemes.

它涉及音或语重新排序。

Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in language.

语语言中意义最小单位。

And when a morpheme is used like this, it's called an affix.

当一个语样使用时，它被称为词缀。

Allophones and allomorphs are linguistic concepts that relate to the variation of sounds and morphemes within a language.

变体和变体与语言中声音和语变化相关语言概念。

In above phrase, words like " category, derive, from, by, care, examine, etc." are all free morphemes.

在上面短语中, 像" category, derive, from, by, care, examine, etc." 样词都自由语。

But why is the same morpheme realized differently?

但为什么相同语会以不同方式实现呢？

Examples of free morphemes include " dog, " " book, " and " run."

自由语示例包括“狗” 、“书” 和“跑” 。

Well, in 2015, a researcher called Michael Dow did just that, only counting the words that have one morpheme.

好吧， 在2015年， 一位名叫迈克尔·多伊研究人员就样做，他只计算了一个词单词。

Free morpheme: A free morpheme can stand alone as a word and carry an independent meaning.

自由语：自由语可以单独作为一个单词并具有独立含义。

But affixes aren't just prefixes and suffixes: there are also infixes, morphemes that slot into the middle of a word.

但词缀不仅包括前缀和后缀，还包括中缀， 也就插入到单词中间语。

Morphemes can have different forms called allomorphs.

语可以有不同形式，称为同质异形。

Do you think the plural morpheme -s in the following examples is an infix?

初步了解了中缀概貌之后，我们来尝试一个简单挑战。你认为下面例句中表示复数语-s中缀吗？

Allomorph and morpheme are both concepts in linguistics related to the structure and analysis of words, but they refer to different aspects.

异形体和语都语言学中与词结构和分析相关概念，但它们所指方面不同。

Affixes involved in derivation like -ion are derivational affixes or derivational morphemes.

派生中涉及词缀，如-ion，派生词缀或派生语。

For example, the English plural morpheme can take different forms depending on the final sound of the base word.

例如，英语复数语可以根据基本词最终发音而采取不同形式。