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Difference between inflectional and derivational morphemes - Coggle Diagram
Difference between inflectional and derivational morphemes
inflectional morpheme
do not create new words
add gender information
and the number
this is divided
nominal flexive
Includes gender and number morpheme
gender nominal
actor/actress
nominal number
tree /trees
verbal inflectional
It provides information about the verb:
loved; reading
derivational morpheme
is added to a root
does not construct words
different types of derivational morphemes
Derivational morpheme prefix
is the one in front of the root
dis-, mal-, self-,
malnourished
disagrees
self-care
Derivational morpheme suffix
goes at the end of the lexeme or root
usually
impatient