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Morphology (Simplex and complex (simplex words are just words that can be…
Morphology
Simplex and complex
simplex words are just words that can be counted as the smallest units of meaning may be whole simple words
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Types of morphemes
Bound morphemes:it can be said that bound morphine are the parts of a word that are attached to that word by force.
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Free morphemes: Words that only contain one morpheme and can go without any other add morpheme. Some examples are: cat, apple, road, eye, etc.….
Lexical Morphemes: are those that having meaning by themselves (more accurately, they have sense).
They can be nouns (Peter), verbs (walk) or adjectives (ugly)
Functional or grammatical Morphemes: From the same text, any article (A/The/An), conjunction (of/but) or preposition can functional or grammatical morphemes.
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Stem
the root or roots of a word, together with any derivational affixes, to which inflectional affixes are added
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Inflectional Affixes: In English we have 8 inflectional affixes, also they dont alter the meaning of a word.
{PLU} = plural Noun -s boys
{POSS} = possessive Noun -’s boy’s
{COMP} = comparative Adj -er older
{SUP} = superlative Adj -est oldest
{PRES} = present Verb -s walks
{PAST} past Verb -ed walked
{PAST PART} = past participle Verb -en driven
{PRES PART} = present participle Verb -ing driving
word tokens: when we count every instance in which a word occurs in a sentence, regardless of whether that word has occurred before or not.
word type:is when we are counting a word once, no matter how many times it repeats itself in a text.
Lexemes: Words that are part of the same family (examples: walk, walking, walked)