6. Bound morpheme is a morpheme which
cannot stand on their own word. Bound
morpheme must be attached to a free
morpheme in order to form a new word.
7. Word Free morpheme Bound
morpheme
Function
walks Walk - - s To show tenses
and plurality
Unhappy Happy Un - - To change the
meaning of a
word
Walked Walk - - ed To show tenses
Disagree agree Dis - - To change the
meaning of a word
8.
9. Prefix Main area of meaning Examples
Auto- Self, without help Automatic, automobile,
Bi- Two Bicycle, binary, biped,
bilingual, bifocal
Bio- Living organism Biology, biodegradable,
biography, biodiversity
Co- Together Cooperative, coordinate,
cohabit, coeducation
Dec- Ten Deciliter, decimate,
decapods, decade, decibel
Sub- Below Submarine, substandard,
subhuman, submerge
Tri- Three Triangle, tripod, triennium,
trilogy, tricycle
10.
11. Prefix Part of speech Examples
--en Verb or adjective Soften, darken, widen,
broken, golden, spoken
--cal Adjective Musical, practical,
historical, theatrical
--ing Present participle and
gerund
Swimming, reading,
opening, walking,
listening, learning
--ism noun Tourism, fascism,
racism, Hinduism
13. Apart from the regular morphemes as described
above, there are “irregular” morphemes. Some
linguists called them “marked” morphemes in that
they do not follow the rules in word-information.