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

例如gazillion包含两个词素——ga和zillion。

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

但是我们仍然感觉这些都表示比较小的数字，因为其中-ty和-teen的音素。

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

好的，我听到了无数，还有若干这两个词，它们像十五和四十一样，是以teen和ty音素结尾的。

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

第四个词-词素是语言中最小的意义单位。

How many morphemes does the average speaker know?

普通说话者知道多少个语素？

For example, Anishinaabemowin, like most Indigenous languages, is what's called polysynthetic, which means that there are very, very long words, composed of little tiny pieces called morphemes.

比如说，阿尼什纳比语，就像大多数土著语一样，被称为多式综合语，意思是，有些很长很长的单词是由简短的词素组成的。

So when we put a funny morpheme at the front to make zillion, jillion, or squillion, we understand that the number is probably more than a million.

所以当我们把一个好玩的词素放在单词前面构成zillion，jillion或者squillion这些词时，我们可以理解这个词或许比百万要大。

But unlike Wilkins, he wanted it to be easy to learn, so he borrowed familiar morphemes from existing Indo-European languages, like hom- for man, and am- for love, and a very simple, predictable grammar.

但与威尔金斯不同的是， 他希望它易于学习，因此他从现有的印欧语系中借用了熟悉的语素，例如 hom- 表示人， am- 表示爱，以及一种非常简单、可预测的语法。

Neurolinguists seek to identify the parts of the brain involved with the production and understanding of language and to determine where the components of language (phonemes, morphemes, and structure or syntax) are stored.

神经语言学家试图确定大脑中与语言产生和理解有关的部分，并确定语言成分（音素、语素、结构或句法）的存储位置。