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We use derivational morphemes to move or to make new words of a different grammatical category from the stem.
Example :
1. "..ess" = add to word kind changes it to "kindness".
2. "..ly" = kind to kindly
We use infectional morphemes to indicate aspects of grammatical function of a word. They are used to show if word is plural/ singular, past/ present tense, comparative/ possessive form.
4 infections attached to verbs :
1. -s = 3rd person singular -> runs
2. -ing = present participle -> fishing
3. -ed = past tense -> loved
4. -en = past participle -> proven
2 Inflectional attached to adjectives :
1. -er = comparative -> Smarter
2. -est = superlative -> Smartest
2 Inflection attached to nuns :
1. 's = possessive -> Jane's
2. s = plural -> books
All language have words and morphemes. A morphemes is the smallest unit of meaning or function within language.
Is a Conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns.
Example :
Played, has 2 morphemes
Bound morphemes = (ed)
Free morphemes = (play)
Example : and, but, when, where,above, in, the.
These words are rarely added to the language, so they are a "close" class of words
It is a kind of word formation, involving a creation of a new word class from an existing word without any change in form which cannot be divided or analyzed.
is a ordinary nouns, adjectives and verbs that carry the "content" of the massage we convey.
- Girl
- Man
- Yellow
- Sad
- Grape
These words can be added to the language easily, so they are an open class of words.