14. The police reopened the investigation.
How many morphemes in reopened?
re
open
ed
15. The police reopened the investigation.
How many morphemes in reopened?
(past)
meaning (again)
re
meaning (opp of close) grammar
open
= 3 morphemes
ed
16. The police reopened the investigation.
How many morphemes in reopened?
(past)
meaning (again)
re
meaning (opp of close) grammar
open
= 3 morphemes
What about tourists?
ed
17. The police reopened the investigation.
How many morphemes in reopened?
(past)
meaning (again)
re
meaning (opp of close) grammar
open
ed
= 3 morphemes
What about tourists?
tour
ist
s
18. The police reopened the investigation.
How many morphemes in reopened?
(past)
meaning (again)
re
meaning (opp of close) grammar
open
ed
= 3 morphemes
What about tourists?
meaning (travel)
meaning (person)
tour
ist
grammar (plural)
s
= 3 morphemes
19. Morpheme Types
Free Morphemes
Can stand on their own, carry meaning
e.g., cat, teach, sleep
Bound Morphemes
Cannot stand on their own, do not carry
meaning.
In English we can add bound morphemes
before and after free morphemes (i.e. prefixes
& suffixes).
21. Your turn!
• Identify the free and bound morphemes in these
words:
reopened
carelessness
22. Your turn!
• Identify the free and bound morphemes in these
words:
reopened
carelessness
re
bound
open
free
ed
bound
23. Your turn!
• Identify the free and bound morphemes in these
words:
reopened
carelessness
re
bound
care
free
open
free
less
bound
ed
bound
ness
bound
Originally used in biology
(Nida, 1949:1) An American Structuralist (analyst) one of the ways to know a word is to understand morphology
Originally used in biology
(Nida, 1949:1) An American Structuralist (analyst) one of the ways to know a word is to understand morphology
Originally used in biology
(Nida, 1949:1) An American Structuralist (analyst) one of the ways to know a word is to understand morphology
Originally used in biology
(Nida, 1949:1) An American Structuralist (analyst) one of the ways to know a word is to understand morphology
- The way morphemes operate in language provides the subject matter of morphology.
– one or more letters;
– words are made of one or more morphemes;
– morphemes can be the same as one syllable, but often are not;
- The way morphemes operate in language provides the subject matter of morphology.
– one or more letters;
– words are made of one or more morphemes;
– morphemes can be the same as one syllable, but often are not;
All these elements are described as morphemes
All these elements are described as morphemes
All these elements are described as morphemes
All these elements are described as morphemes
All these elements are described as morphemes
All these elements are described as morphemes
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
re = again
tour = meaning, ists =meaning person who does something, s = plural
There are 2 morphemes - “cat” and “s”.
“cat” is also a word by itself.