8. Kinds of Words according to Morpheme Structure
1.Simple Word
- with a single morpheme.
-example:
house, I, the, off
9. Kinds of Words according to
Morpheme Structure
2. Complex words
- root word + at least 1 affix.
-example:
worker, rewrite, telling
10. Kinds of Words according to
Morpheme Structure
3. Compound words
- with 2 root words
- example:
afternoon, mailbox, backbone
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13. • Root is the smallest meaningful part of a word.
• Stem is any morpheme which a syntactical affix can be added to
• Base is any morpheme which an affix can be added to.
• here agree is a root and base at the same time..it is a root because it is bare and
an base because dis- and -ment can be added to it.
• disagree is a stem because its is a verb and by adding ment it changes to an
adjective
• dis/ment are affixes.
• affixes can't stand alone in languages. they are added to bases to change their
meaning both semantically and syntactically.
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18. FREE MORPHEMES
Content words/
Lexical words/
open class
Function words/
Grammatical words/
close class
this group includes nouns,
verbs, adverbs and
adjectives
Examples: happy, run, man,
pizza, pretty, easy
this group includes
conjunctions, articles,
pronouns and prepositions
Examples: to, but, and, that,
there, first, often, soon,
none, all
24. 8 Inflectional Morphemes
●4 for verbs: -ed, -s, -ing, -ed -en
(worked, works, working, has worked)
●2 for nouns : -s, -’s, (boys, boy’s)
●2 for adjectives or adverb: -er, -est
( smarter, smartest)
25. a. Her death seemed such a senseless waste of life.
b.The shameless way he lied to us
c.It was useless to complain.
d. It was a happy but childless marriage.
e. Thousands of people have been made homeless.
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32. Word Free
A international Inter, nation,al 3
B Chairs Chair, s 2
C Dislike dis, like 2
D Played Play , ed 2
e Remake Re, make 2
F Management Manage, ment 2
Actions Act, ion, s 3
Depending Depend , ing 2
Respective Respect, ive 2
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34. Word Free Bound
Derivation Inflection
A international nation (n) inter , al (adj)
B Chairs Chair (N) Chairs (N)
C Dislike Like (V) Dislike(V)
D Played Play (V) Played (V)
e Remake Make Remake (V)
F Management Manage (V) Ment (N)
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38. PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
de- from, down, away reverse, opposite decode, decrease
dis- not, opposite, reverse, away disagree, disappear
mis- bad, wrong mislead, misplace
re- again, back react, reappear
un- against, not, opposite undo, unequal, unusual
ex- out of, away from, lacking, former exhale, explosion
il- not illegal, illogical
im- not, without impossible, improper
in- not, without inaction, invisible
non- not nonfiction, nonsense
pre- before prefix, prehistory
pro- for, forward, before proactive, profess, program
