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Reflective 7
Morphology
Today we learnt about inflectional morphemes and derivational morphemes. These three things are quite tough compared to the free and bound morphemes. However, I able to master the topic but it took time. I can remember it better if there are some examples are given.
Inflectional morpheme: An inflection is therefore an affix used to change form and function only from the grammatical point with no change in part of speech of the word.
E.g. walk -> walk(s) e.g. girl -> girl(s)
walk -> walk(ed) girl -> girl(’s)
walk -> walk(ing)
All morphemes in brackets ( ) are bound morphemes which have separate grammatical functions but which do not change the meaning of the original morpheme (the root). Likewise, the part of speech remains the same. English has only seven inflectional morphemes: -s (plural) and -s (possessive) are noun inflections; -s ( 3rd-person singular), -ed ( past tense), -en (past participle), and -ing ( present participle) are verb inflections; -er (comparative) and -est (superlative) are adjective and adverb inflections.
A derivational morpheme is an affix used to change form and meaning from a lexical point with a change in part of speech. Morpheme can be used to make further new words and change in meaning.
E.g. universe (noun)
universal (adj.)
universality (noun)
university (noun)
Well, I hope that I will able to understand and remember these morphemes. I’ll try my best to learn more and read the notes again.
Thank you.
