Suffixal homophones

Suffixal homophones

1.      Some suffixes, both inflectional morpheme has two homophones {-ER cp}. The first is derivational suffix {-ER n}, which change from verb to noun.

Ex: Fisher, hunter, player.

The second is repetition {-ER rp}. Ex: Glitter, patter, chatter.

2.      The verbal inflectional suffixes {-ING vb} also has two homophones.

·         Nominal derivational suffix{-ING nm} Ex: weddings, meetings, readings.

·         Adjectival {-ER aj} Ex: a charming woman

{-ING vb}                        She is touching a book

{-ING nm}           a touching will create a carrier

{-ING aj}              It was a touching movie

3.      The verbal inflectional {-D pp}

{-ING vb}      verb                                                     It was a finished job

{-ING adj}     always follow noun/pronoun              Our new surgeon is reserved