types of morphemes PPT
Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units of language. They are the buildin...
Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units of language. They are the building blocks of words and phrases. morphemes can be divided into two types: free morphemes and bound morphemes.Free morphemesFree morphemes are independent words or roots of words that can be used alone and have independent meanings. For example, "book", "run", "eat", "drink" and so on. These words can be used alone to express a certain meaning.Some free morphemes may also belong to a class of words called closed class words, which include function words such as prepositions, pronouns, articles, and auxiliary verbs. These words are generally not productive and have fixed forms and meanings.Bound morphemesBound morphemes cannot be used alone, but can only be used in combination with other morphemes to form words. They usually express some specific grammatical meaning or semantic relationship between words. For example:Infinitive morphemesThese morphemes are usually suffixes such as "-ing" in English or "-ant" in Latin, which indicate the present participle form of a verbGerund morphemesThese morphemes are suffixes that indicate the present participle form of a verb, but they also indicate that the verb is acting as a noun. For example, "-ing" in English or "-ientia" in LatinParticipial morphemesThese morphemes are suffixes that indicate a verb that has been converted to a past participle form, such as "-ed" in English or "-tus" in LatinPassive voice morphemesThese morphemes indicate that the subject of a verb is being acted upon by another agent, such as "-ed" in English or "-us" in LatinComparative and superlative morphemesThese morphemes are used to compare or contrast the relative degree of an adjective or adverb, such as "-er" in English or "-er" and "-issimus" in LatinNumeral morphemesThese morphemes are used to express numbers or quantity, such as "two", "three", "four", etc., in English or "duo", "tria", "quatuor", etc., in LatinPronoun morphemesThese morphemes are used to replace a noun, such as "he", "she", "it", "they", etc., in English or "illius", "illa", "illud", "illi", etc., in LatinThese bound morphemes are productive and can be combined with free morphemes to form many different words. In some languages, some bound morphemes may be dropped or attached to words according to grammatical rules.