Types of morphemes
Morphemes
!"
3.1. Roots
Root:
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!man, hold, book"
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coldness"
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walks, walking, walked,
3.1. Roots
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!house + hold= household"&'(
!man + ly = manly"
!cold +ness = coldness"
Examples
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Exercise
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3.2. Stem
*inectional ax+(
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/ #!"e.g. work
#'(e.g. work + er =worker
0 *e.g. work + shop = workshop.
3.3. Base
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Free & bound
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3.1.1. Free morphemes
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1. Lexical morphemes
2. Function words
3.1.1.Free morphemes
*Content words
Lexical morphemes
Function words
3!2)4"
#%!2"
5!)"
#!2"
6!22"
#!22"
7!2"
6!,222"
8%!2"
3.1.2.Bound morphemes
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)permit – commit – admit
)perceive – receive – conceive – deceive
)biology – psychology - pathology
3.2. Axes
#'(!"
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/ :((re-, un-, dis-, im-)
'((-ly, -er, -ist,-s)
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Exercise
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AFFIXES
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Morphological Morphemes
In"ec#onal morphemes
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,1
<
,
=s
4ed
4ed
4ing
In"ec#onal morphemes
Unlike derivational morphemes, inectional morphemes:
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English In"ec#onal Morphemes
1. -s !)"
2. -ed !"
3. -ing!"
4. -en !"
5. -s !"
6. -’s !"
7. -er !"
8. -est !"
Examples
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Deriva#onal Morphemes
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!full"
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6!"
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Deriva#onal Morphemes
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@ !pathology"
Deriva#onal morphemes
Unlike inectional morphemes, inectional morphemes:
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7#
<
English Deriva#onal Morphemes
class-changing
1. Nouns Adjective
2. Verbs Noun
<; <;
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English Deriva#onal Morphemes
class-changing
3. Adjective adverb
Nouns verbs
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