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What Is Morphology?
Morphology is the study of words. Morphemes are the minimal units of words that have a meaning and cannot be
subdivided further. There are two main types: free and bound. Free morphemes can occur alone and bound
morphemes must occur with another morpheme. An example of a free morpheme is "bad", and an example of a
boundmorpheme is"ly."Itisboundbecause although it has meaning, it cannot stand alone. It must be attached to
another morpheme to produce a word.
Free morpheme: bad
Bound morpheme: -ly
Word: badly
Whenwe talkabout words, there are two groups: lexical (or content) and function (or grammatical) words. Lexical
words are called open class words and include nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. New words can regularly be
added to this group. Function words, or closed class words, are conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns;
and new words cannot be (or are very rarely) added to this class.
Affixesare oftenthe boundmorpheme.Thisgroupincludesprefixes,suffixes, infixes, and circumfixes. Prefixes are
added to the beginning of another morpheme, suffixes are added to the end, infixes are inserted into other
morphemes,andcircumfixesare attachedtoanothermorpheme atthe beginning and end. Following are examples
of each of these:
Prefix: re- added to do produces redo
Suffix: -or added to edit produces editor
Infix: -um- added to fikas (strong) produces fumikas (to be strong) in Bontoc
Circumfix: ge- and -t to lieb (love) produces geliebt (loved) in German
There are two categories of affixes: derivational and inflectional. The main difference between the two is that
derivational affixes are added to morphemes to form new words that may or may not be the same part of speech
and inflectional affixesare added tothe endof an existingwordforpurelygrammatical reasons. In English there are
only eight total inflectional affixes:
-s 3rd person singular present she waits
-ed past tense he walked
-ing progressive she's watching
-en past participle she has eaten
-s plural three tables
-'s possessive Holly's cat
-er comparative you are taller
-est superlative you are the tallest
The other type of bound morphemes are called bound roots. These are morphemes (and not affixes) that must be
attachedto anothermorpheme anddonot have a meaning of their own. Some examples are ceive in perceive and
mit in submit.
English Morphemes
A. Free
1. Open Class
2. Closed Class
B. Bound
1. Affix
a. Derivational
b. Inflectional
2. Root
There are six ways to form new words. Compounds are a combination of words, acronyms are derived from the
initials of words, back-formations are created from removing what is mistakenly considered to be an affix,
abbreviations or clippings are shortening longer words, eponyms are created from proper nouns (names), and
blending is combining parts of words into one.
Compound: doghouse
Acronym: NBA (National Basketball Association) or scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)
Back-formation: edit from editor
Abbreviation: phone from telephone
Eponym: sandwich from Earl of Sandwich
Blending: smog from smoke and fog

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What is morphology

  • 1. What Is Morphology? Morphology is the study of words. Morphemes are the minimal units of words that have a meaning and cannot be subdivided further. There are two main types: free and bound. Free morphemes can occur alone and bound morphemes must occur with another morpheme. An example of a free morpheme is "bad", and an example of a boundmorpheme is"ly."Itisboundbecause although it has meaning, it cannot stand alone. It must be attached to another morpheme to produce a word. Free morpheme: bad Bound morpheme: -ly Word: badly Whenwe talkabout words, there are two groups: lexical (or content) and function (or grammatical) words. Lexical words are called open class words and include nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. New words can regularly be added to this group. Function words, or closed class words, are conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns; and new words cannot be (or are very rarely) added to this class. Affixesare oftenthe boundmorpheme.Thisgroupincludesprefixes,suffixes, infixes, and circumfixes. Prefixes are added to the beginning of another morpheme, suffixes are added to the end, infixes are inserted into other morphemes,andcircumfixesare attachedtoanothermorpheme atthe beginning and end. Following are examples of each of these: Prefix: re- added to do produces redo Suffix: -or added to edit produces editor Infix: -um- added to fikas (strong) produces fumikas (to be strong) in Bontoc Circumfix: ge- and -t to lieb (love) produces geliebt (loved) in German There are two categories of affixes: derivational and inflectional. The main difference between the two is that derivational affixes are added to morphemes to form new words that may or may not be the same part of speech and inflectional affixesare added tothe endof an existingwordforpurelygrammatical reasons. In English there are only eight total inflectional affixes: -s 3rd person singular present she waits -ed past tense he walked -ing progressive she's watching -en past participle she has eaten -s plural three tables -'s possessive Holly's cat -er comparative you are taller -est superlative you are the tallest
  • 2. The other type of bound morphemes are called bound roots. These are morphemes (and not affixes) that must be attachedto anothermorpheme anddonot have a meaning of their own. Some examples are ceive in perceive and mit in submit. English Morphemes A. Free 1. Open Class 2. Closed Class B. Bound 1. Affix a. Derivational b. Inflectional 2. Root There are six ways to form new words. Compounds are a combination of words, acronyms are derived from the initials of words, back-formations are created from removing what is mistakenly considered to be an affix, abbreviations or clippings are shortening longer words, eponyms are created from proper nouns (names), and blending is combining parts of words into one. Compound: doghouse Acronym: NBA (National Basketball Association) or scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) Back-formation: edit from editor Abbreviation: phone from telephone Eponym: sandwich from Earl of Sandwich Blending: smog from smoke and fog