The document discusses morphemes, which are the smallest units of meaning in language. It provides criteria for identifying morphemes and examples of analyzing words into their constituent morphemes. Affixes are defined as bound morphemes that can only be used when added to other morphemes. The major types of affixes - prefixes, suffixes, infixes, and circumfixes - are identified. Examples are given of combining bases with affixes to form new words. The document also distinguishes between derivational and inflectional affixes and provides examples of identifying affixes as derivational or inflectional.

1. Maryam duwaihees
Dalal khalid
Reem jiza
Naema ahmed
Sara alajmi
Group 5

2. Morpheme
 is the smallest or minimal syntactic
meaningful unit of language that can be a
word or part of a word. so , it is a minimal
unit of meaning or grammatical function .

3. Morpheme criteria :
 it is a word or a meaningful part of a word.
 it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
without violation of its meaning or without meaningless
remainders.
it recur in different verbal environments with a relatively
stable meaning.

4. Write down the number of morphemes
each word contains :
Word Number of
morphemes
Morpheme
Examine
Weak
Weaken
Unable
Manly
2 Morphemes
2 Morphemes
2 Morphemes
2 Morphemes
1 Morphemes
{Exam} and { ine }
{ weak }
{ weak } and { en }
{ un } and { able }
{ man } and { ly }

5. Write the Meaning of the underlined
morphemes :
Morpheme Meaning
Antedate
Antibiotic
friendly
Teacher
Before
against
adjective
The person who teach

6. Syllables :
Unit of pronunciation typically larger than
a single sound and smaller than a word.
Banana
Ba / Na / Na

7. Divide the following words into syllables ,
then into morphemes
Word Syllables
Construction
Incorporated
Environmentalist
Indecisive
Con / struc / tion
En / vi / ro / men
/ ta / list
In / cor / pora / ted
In / de / ci / sive

8. Base :
The part of a word that has the
principal meaning.
Prefix + Root + Suffix

9. Identify the base and isolate the
suffix in these words :
Word Base
Coverage
Realization
Assistants
Personalities
Cover
Real
Assist
Person

10. +
An affix is a bound morpheme that can
be used only when added to another
morpheme.

11. +
Affixes are limited in number and
classified into the following
four major types :
Affixes types
Prefixes Suffixes infixes Circumfixes/ambifixes
Unpopular
Replace
Endless
Happiness
Foot > Feet
Tooth > Teeth
Embolden
Unbelievably

12. Combine the base and the affixes
and form correctly – spelt words:
Take – ly – able – un –
mis
Spice – er - y
Except – tion – ly -al
Change – ex – able –
un
Unmistakable
Spicy
exceptional
exchangeable
enlighten

13. Derivational:
These are used to make new words and often change
the part of speech of the morpheme they are added to .
Inflectional :
These are NOT used toproduce new wordsinEnglish ,
but rather toindicate aspects of the grammatical function of word.

14. Add an derivational suffix to each of these
words, which end in inflectional suffixes:
formal
creative
breathless
pleasure
dramatize
formality
creativity
breathlessness
pleasurable
dramatization

15. Add an inflectional suffix to each of these
words, which end in derivational suffixes:
activate
depth
sunny
arrival
pressure
activated
Depth’s
sunniest
arrivals
pressures

16. words have the same pronunciations
but differ in meaning

17. 1- { -ER cp } inflectional suffix ,
as in bigger
2- { -ER n } derivational suffix ,
as in begger
THE INFLECTIONAL SUFFIX { - ER}

18. Identify the underlined – er as :
{ -ER cp } inflectional suffix , as in bigger
{ -ER n } derivational suffix , as in bagger
1 – this new Yorker is tougher than he
looks .
New Yorker : derivational
Tougher : inflectional

19. 1- the adverbial is add to most adjectives
to form new adverbs e.g. : beautiful + ly
2- the adjectival is add to nouns to
form adjectives e.g. : friend + ly
THE ADVERBIAL DERIVATIONAL
SUFFIX

20. Identify the underlined suffixes as either
( Adverbial derivational Or Adjectival derivational )
This is a manly behavior.
He keeps a fatherly eye on his
students .
Adjectival derivational
Adverbial derivational

21. 1- { - ing vb } inflectional suffix , as
in he is writing​.
2- { -ing nm } derivational suffix , as
in his writing is very bad​.
3- { -ing aj } derivational suffix , as
THE VERBAL INFLECTIONAL { -ING}

22. 1 - He attended the meeting
2- I’ll be meeting a friend at the airport ​
*IDENTIFY THE –ING’S OF THE
UNDERLINED WORDS BY THESE SYMBOLS
{-ing aj } derivational
{-ing vb } inflectional​

23. 1- { -D pp } inflectional suffix ,
as in I have RESERVED SEAT
ON THIS FLIGHT .
2- { -D aj } derivational suffix
, as in my uncle is a reserved
THE VERBAL DERIVATIONAL {-D}

24. 1- This is a complicated question .​
2- Are you interested ?​
Derivational suffix​
Inflectional suffix