1. Chapter Six CIED 4013 Dr. Bowles
Morphology
Chapter Six
CIED 4013
Dr. Bowles

2. Morphology
Morphology: The study of word formation “morph” = shape or form -ology = the study of….something Morpheme: The smallest unit of meaning

3. Morphemes
Morphemes
“Bound”
Affixes
“Free”
Unit of meaning

4. Free Morphemes Free Morpheme “Functional”
Conjunctions, Prepositions, Articles, Pronouns
“Lexical”
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

5. Change in grammatical function Change in grammatical category
Bound Morphemes
Bound Morphemes
“Inflectional”
Change in grammatical function
(8 changes)
“Derivational”
Change in grammatical category