By:- Emiliyanabila

MORPHOLOGY
The study of the internal structure of words,

and the rules by which words are formed. It also refers to the study of the systematic form-meaning correspondences between words. It devises the ways of describing the properties of disparate items or words. It is a part of our grammatical knowledge in a language. antidisestablishmentarianism

Free Morpheme
A morpheme (a word element) that can stand alone as

a word. E.g:- boy, desire, love, from, girl

Bound Morpheme
A morpheme (or word element), such as a prefix or

suffix, that cannot stand alone as a word. E.g:- -ly, -ness, -pre

AFFIXES
Bound morpheme is an affix.
In English, there are two kinds of affix which are: - Prefixes

- Suffixes

PREFIXES
Occur before other morphemes.
Example: un- as in unhappy

dis- as in disobey

SUFFIXES
following other morphemes.
Example: -s as in cats

- ing as in walking

ROOT AND STEM

Root
- May or may not stand alone as a word. - Example:

- Paint in painter.
Stem

- When a root morpheme is combined with an affix. - Example: - Believable (believe + able)

What is bound Morpheme

A bound morpheme is a grammatical unit that never

occurs by itself, but is always attached to some other morpheme. A morpheme (or word element) that cannot stand alone as a word Example: The plural morpheme -s in dogs

Examples of bound morpheme in English

Types of Bound morpheme

Inflectional
Derivational

Inflectional
Inflectional morphemes modify the grammatical class of words by signaling: A change in number Person Gender Tense But they do not shift the base form into another word class. When 'house' becomes 'houses,' it is still a noun even though you have added the plural morpheme 's.'

Derivational
Derivational morphemes constitute the second class of morphemes
Modify\ a word according to its lexical and

grammatical class. Result in more profound changes on base words. The word 'style' is a noun, but if I make it 'stylish,' then it is an adjective. In English, derivational morphemes include suffixes (e.g., 'ish,' 'ous,' 'er,' 'y,' 'ate,' and 'able') and prefixes (e.g., 'un,' 'im,' 're,' and 'ex')."

THATS ALL

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