Free and Bound
Define free and bound morphemes.
Free: Can stand alone with a specific meaning, cannot be divided further
Bound: Cannot stand alone without meaning
Identify the two categories of affixes
prefix and suffix
Define derivational morpheme.
Changes the meaning of a word or the grammatical class or both
Define inflectional morpheme.
The meaning between the base & and the affixed form is always the same.
Provides contextual information
Count the morphemes and identify inflectional or derivational
Maria slept through her exams yesterday.
River carefully ran across the grass to see the geese.
slept- inflectional irregular
exams- inflectional number
ful- derivational
ly- derivational
ran- inflectional irregular
geese- inflectional irregular
Provide a list of ten free morphemes.
swim
ball
shoe
dog
river
flower
plant
computer
List 5 prefixes and 5 suffixes
pre, un, non, in, re
Suffix:
ly, s, ed, ing, ful
Identify six derivational morphemes and describe wether they are prefixes or suffixes.
careful - s
redo- p
lovely- s
unhappy- p
creative- s
pretest-p
Identify the 8 inflectional morphemes
ing
ed
s
s
s
en
er
est
I ran away from my dogs.
I was scared they would bite me
I left my yard and carefully crossed the street
My mom was mad at me.
.word:
6
7
9
6
morpheme:
8
9
13
7
Provide a list of ten bound morphemes
ed
s
ing
ful
ly
pre
re
ion
ive
What does mlu-w and mlu- m stand for?
mean length of utternace
word
morpheme
Contributes significantly to vocabulary growth and reading comprehension
Contributes to the flexibility, creativity, and complexity of oral and written language
tense: walked
Number: dogs
Person: runs
Who does Dr. Wallace share a birthday with?
Abe Lincoln
Describe the relationship between bound morphemes, affixes, and derivational and inflectional morphemes.
Bound morphemes are comprised of prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes and suffixes can be categorized as inflectional or derivational morphemes.
Provide an example of two utterances that have the same MLU-w but different MLU-m.
She ran
She run
Provide examples of the following:
a derivational morpheme that turns a words from an adjective to a verb
an adjective to an adverb
a noun to a noun but changes the meaning
formal / formalize
happy/ happily
band/ bandage
Provide four examples of irregular inflectional morphemes
Swam
Ran
Broke
Geese
Mice
Beginning with morphology create the flow chart down to derivational and inflectional.
morphology
morphemes
free bound
affixes (pre and suffix)
Inflectional
Derivational
Create 3 sentences and identify all the morphemes and then proceed to label as free or bound.
She walked home after the fair.
She- free
walk- free
ed- bound
home- free
after- feee
fair- free
Boden broke one of his toys while running away from dogs.
Boden- free
break- free
broke- bound
one- free
of- free
his- free
toy- free
s- bound
while- free
run- free
ing- bound
from - free
the- free
dog- free
s- bound
Describe why SLPS should use MLU-m when working with younger children and how we collect an MLU-m.
MLU-m is more detailed and provides more information on morphological development.
Through a language sample.
Change the meaning of the following words
create
care
love
happy
broke
creative
carefully
lovely
unhappy
broken
Create three sentences with inflectional morphemes present and identify what information it provides you.
He walked Sean's school to see his friends.
ed- tense
's- person
s- number
As an SLP how can we support morphological development?
create language rich environment
modeling
expansion
open- ended questions
vocabulary
syntax