Language Elements Morphology

What is the Morphology?

• Morphology is the study of morphemes, which are the smallest significant units of Grammar .,

• Morphology is a section of the science of language that studies phrases and sentences

• Morphology is the study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across languages

Derivational morphology involves:

• Noun, verb, adjective

• Prefixes, suffixes, affixes .,

• Vowel, consonant, syllable

What is this sign called?

• prefix

• affix

• suffix .,

Bound morphemes:

• can be used alone or can stand alone, independently, e.g. act, worth

• must be attached to some other morpheme or morphemes; they cannot stand alone and do not exist as independent words .,

• often morphemes which fulfill the same function have slightly different forms

negative prefixes:

• dis-, im-, in-, ir- .,

• is-, less-, ing

• ly-, ed-, un-

How many parts of speech?

• 9 .,

• 7

• 6

Free morphemes:

• must be attached to some other morpheme or morphemes; they cannot stand alone an

• Often, morphemes which fulfill the same function have slightly different forms

• can be used alone or can stand alone, independently, e.g. act, worth .,

enjoy+ ....

• ly

• able .

• ness

True or false:

"All affixes (prefixes and suffixes) in English are bound morphemes?"

• True .

• False

True or false:

"Dis" - used when the word begins with "p" or "m"

• True

• False .