The document discusses linguistics and defines key terms related to morphology. It explains that morphology includes morphemes, which are the smallest units of meaning in a language. There are two types of morphemes: free morphemes, which can stand alone as words, and bound morphemes, which cannot stand alone and must be attached to other morphemes. Examples of bound morphemes include derivational morphemes like prefixes and suffixes, and inflectional morphemes like verb suffixes that indicate tense, number, and other grammatical features.

1. zhibond501@gmail.com

2. Linguistics
Sounds of
Language
Phonology Phoneitics
Grammar
Morphology Syntax
Meaning
Semantics Pragmatics

3. Morphology
Morphemes
Free
Morphemes
Lexical Functional
Bound
Morphemes
Derivational Inflectional
Allomorph
Word
Formation
Compounding Blending Acronym Borrowing Clipping
Word
Structure

4. Morphemes
Free
Morphemes
Lexical Nouns Girl
Adjectives Happy
Verbs Kick
Adverbs Quickly
Functional
Determiners A, an, the
Conjunctions And, but, etc.
Prepositions In, on, at.
Pronouns I, he, you
Auxiliaries Is, am, are
Bound
Morphemes
Derivational
Prefixes
Suffixes
Inflectional Suffixes

5. • One morpheme boy (one syllable)
desire, lady, water (two syllables)
crocodile (three syllables)
salamander (four syllables),or
more
• Two morpheme drive + er
desire + able
• Three morpheme boy + ish + ness
desire + able + ity
• Four morpheme gentle + man + li + ness
un + desire + able + ity
• More than four un + gentle + man + li + ness
anti + dis + establish +
ment + ari + an + ism
Examples of Morphemes

6. • -s third-person singular present : She waits at
home.
• -ed past tense : She waited at home.
• -ing progressive : She is eating the donuts
• -en past participle : Mary has eaten the donuts.
• -s plural : She ate the donuts.
• -’s possessive : Lisa’s hair is short.
• -er comparative : Lisa has shorter hair than Kate
• -est superlative : Lisa has the shortest hair.