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Group 5

Morpheme

is the smallest or minimal syntactic meaningful unit of language that can be a word or part of a word. so , it is a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function .

Morpheme criteria :

it is a word or a meaningful part of a word. it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful

parts without violation of its meaning or without meaningless remainders.

it recur in different verbal environments with a relatively stable meaning.

Write down the number of morphemes each word contains :

Word Number of morphemes

Morpheme

Examine

Weak

Weaken

Unable

Manly

2 Morphemes

2 Morphemes

2 Morphemes

2 Morphemes

1 Morphemes

{Exam} and { ine }

{ weak }

{ weak } and { en }

{ un } and { able }

{ man } and { ly }

Write the Meaning of the underlined morphemes :

Morpheme Meaning

Antedate

Antibiotic

friendly

Teacher

Before

against

adjective

The person who teach

Syllables :Unit of pronunciation typically

larger than a single sound and smaller than a word.

BananaBa / Na / Na

Divide the following words into syllables , then into morphemes

Word Syllables

Construction

Incorporated

Environmentalist

Indecisive

Con / struc / tion

En / vi / ro / men

/ ta / list

In / cor / pora / ted

In / de / ci / sive

Base :The part of a word that has

the principal meaning.

Prefix + Root + Suffix

Identify the base and isolate the suffix in these words :

Word Base

Coverage

Realization

Assistants

Personalities

Cover

Real

Assist

Person

+

An affix is a bound morpheme that can be used only when added to

another morpheme.

What is an affix?

+Affixes are limited in number and

classified into the followingfour major types :

Affixes types

Prefixes Suffixes infixes Circumfixes/ambifixes

Unpopular Replace

Endless Happiness

Foot > FeetTooth > Teeth

Embolden Unbelievably

Combine the base and the affixes and form correctly – spelt words:

Take – ly – able – un – mis

Spice – er - y

Except – tion – ly -al

Change – ex – able – un

Light – en en – ed

Unmistakable

Spicy

exceptional

exchangeable

enlighten

Derivational and Inflectional

Derivational: These are used to make new words and often change the part of speech of the morpheme they are added to .

Inflectional : These are NOT used to produce new words in English , but rather to indicate aspects of the grammatical function of word .

Add an derivational suffix to each of these words, which end in inflectional

suffixes:formal

creative

breathless

pleasure

dramatize

formality

creativity

breathlessness

pleasurable

dramatization

Add an inflectional suffix to each of these words, which end in derivational

suffixes:activate

depth

sunny

arrival

pressure

activated

Depth’s

sunniest

arrivals

pressures

words have the same pronunciations but differ in meaning

Homophonous suffixes:

1- { -ER cp } inflectional suffix , as in bigger

2- { -ER n } derivational suffix , as in begger

THE INFLECTIONAL SUFFIX { - ER}

Identify the underlined – er as : { -ER cp } inflectional suffix , as in bigger{ -ER n } derivational suffix , as in bagger

1 – this new Yorker is tougher than he looks .

New Yorker : derivationalTougher : inflectional

1- the adverbial is add to most adjectives to form new adverbs e.g. :

beautiful + ly

2- the adjectival is add to nouns to form adjectives e.g. : friend + ly

THE ADVERBIAL DERIVATIONAL SUFFIX

Identify the underlined suffixes as either ( Adverbial derivational Or Adjectival derivational )

This is a manly behavior.

He keeps a fatherly eye on his students .

Adjectival derivational

Adverbial derivational

1- { - ing vb } inflectional suffix , as in he is writing .

2- { -ing nm } derivational suffix , as in his writing is very bad .

3- { -ing aj } derivational suffix , as in its an interesting course.

THE VERBAL INFLECTIONAL { -ING}

1 - He attended the meeting

2- I’ll be meeting a friend at the airport

*IDENTIFY THE –ING’S OF THE UNDERLINED WORDS BY THESE

SYMBOLS

{-ing aj } derivational

{-ing vb } inflectional

1- { -D pp } inflectional suffix , as in I have

RESERVED SEAT ON THIS FLIGHT .

2- { -D aj } derivational suffix , as in my uncle is a

reserved man.

THE VERBAL DERIVATIONAL {-D}

1- This is a complicated question .

2- Are you interested ?

Derivational suffix

Inflectional suffix