Basics of Morphology.pptx

Basics of Morphology.pptx

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  Basics of Morphology
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  What is Morphology? •Morphology is a branch of linguistics that involves the study of the grammatical structure of words and how words are formed and varied within the lexicon of any given language. • Morphology studies the relationship between morphemes, referring to the smallest meaningful unit in a word, and how these units can be arranged to create new words or new forms of the same word.
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  Morphemes • A morphemeis the smallest meaningful unit of a word. • There are two types of morphemes: bound and free morphemes.
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  Root, Base &Stem • A base, “often used as an all-purpose term, refers to a form to which affixes of any kind (both derivational and inflectional) can be added” • To know more about it, there is an example below: • “nation” (base = root = stem) • “national” = nation (R) + al (Suf) (base = root + a suffix = stem) • “inter-nation-al” (base = root + a prefix & a suffix = stem) • “internationalist” (base = root + a prefix & two suffixes = stem)