DEFINE
term for the study of forms and elements
MORPHOLOGY
can stand alone as a word
FREE MORPHEME
Discussing
Present participle
Present continuous
DANGEROUS
DANGER- root- free- lexical
OUS- suffix- bound- derivational
danger (noun) -> dangerous (adjective)
CATS
what is the -s in this word.
inflectional - plural
the minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function
MORPHEME
Attached to another form (affixes)
BOUND MORPHEME
Chewed
Past simple
Past participle
CHEERFUL
CHEER- root- free- lexical
FUL- suffix- bound- derivational
cheer (verb) -> cheerful (adjective)
cats - dogs- horses
have examples of this kind of morpheme.
inflectional
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, CONTENT WORDS
LEXICAL MORPHEME
A morpheme used to make new words. It can make a word a different grammatical category.
DERIVATIONAL
Taken
Past participle
SAILING
SAIL- root- free- lexical
ING- suffix- bound- inflectional
present tense
UNFRIENDLY
how many morphemes does this word have and what are they?
un- prefix- bound- derivational
friendly- root- free- lexical
ly- suffix- bound- derivational
Articles (a, the), Conjunctions (and, because), Prepositions (on, near), Pronouns (it, me)
FUNCTIONAL
A morpheme that indicates plural, singular, past/present/future tense, comparative, or possessive forms.
INFLECTIONAL
Boldest
Superlative
UNDESIRABLE
UN- prefix- bound- derivational
DESIRE- root- free- lexical
ABLE- suffix- free- derivational
ADJECTIVE
fish + Ø
is an example of ...
a zero morph
part of the FCE test related to morphology
Word formation
Part 3, paper 1 (Reading and Use of English)
consisting of no phonetic form that is proposed in some analyses as a morpheme.
ZERO MORPHS
Quieter
Comparative
skillfully
SKILL- root- free- lexical
FULL- suffix- bound-derivational
LY- suffix- bound-derivational
ADVERB
un
ous
tion
are examples of
affixes
derivational morphemes