Morpheme

Assignment  II

1.   What is Morpheme?

(A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word (such as dog) or a word element (such as the -s at the end of dogs) that can't be divided into smaller meaningful parts. Adjective:morphemic.Morphemes are commonly classified into free morphemesand bound morphemes.)

2.   Type of Morpheme:

·       Free Morpheme a morpheme that can stand alone as a word without another morpheme.  It does not need anything attached to it to make a word.

·       Bound Morpheme a sound or a combination of sounds that cannot stand alone as a word.  The s in cats is a bound morpheme, and it does not have any meaning without the free morpheme cat.

3.   Form of Morpheme:

Ø Derivational:if the stem words added by suffix that change the meaning.

·       Ex: Good=>Goodnes

·       Do=>doer

·       Direc=>directness

o  Etc