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    This document defines morphemes and outlines their types. It begins by defining a morpheme as the minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function. It then discusses the two types of morphemes: free morphemes, which can stand alone, and bound morphemes, which cannot. The document provides examples of each. It further breaks down morphemes into subclasses, outlining two types of free morphemes - lexical and functional - and two types of bound morphemes - derivational and inflectional. It concludes by presenting these classifications in a chart of the types of morphemes.

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    This document defines morphemes and outlines their types. It begins by defining a morpheme as the minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function. It then discusses the two types of morphemes: free morphemes, which can stand alone, and bound morphemes, which cannot. The document provides examples of each. It further breaks down morphemes into subclasses, outlining two types of free morphemes - lexical and functional - and two types of bound morphemes - derivational and inflectional. It concludes by presenting these classifications in a chart of the types of morphemes.

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    This document defines morphemes and outlines their types. It begins by defining a morpheme as the minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function. It then discusses the two types of morphemes: free morphemes, which can stand alone, and bound morphemes, which cannot. The document provides examples of each. It further breaks down morphemes into subclasses, outlining two types of free morphemes - lexical and functional - and two types of bound morphemes - derivational and inflectional. It concludes by presenting these classifications in a chart of the types of morphemes.

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    Morphemes (Assignment # 01)

    Submitted by:
    Maryam Raza

    Class: BS English (Semester 02) (Morning)

    Submitted to:
    Ma’am Sunila Aslam

    Subject: General Linguistics

    English Department
    National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Lahore
    What is a Morpheme? Draw the Chart of the types of Morphemes.
    Morpheme (Definition)
    “A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called Morpheme.”
    For Example
    Replay Reaction
    English word forms such as replay and reaction must consist of one element in the above
    mentioned example such as re.
    Units of grammatical function include forms used to indicate past tense or plural.
    For Instance
    In the sentence The Police reopened the Investigation, the word reopened consists of
    three (03) morphemes. One minimal unit of meaning is open, another minimal unit of meaning is
    re- (meaning “again”) and a minimal unit of grammatical function is –ed (indicating past tense).
    Types of Morphemes
    There are 02 Types of Morphemes
    1. Free Morpheme
    Free Morphemes can stand in isolation and independently.
    For example: Pen, Watch, Open, Tour and Chair etc.
    2. Bound Morpheme
    Bound Morphemes cannot stand in isolation and dependent on others.
    For example: of, -ing, over, -ist, -ed and -re etc.
    Types of Free Morpheme
    There are 02 Types of Free Morphemes
    1. Lexical Morpheme
    Lexical morphemes are those that having meaning by themselves.
    For example: Nouns (girl, man), Adjectives (sad), Verbs (follow)
    2. Functional Morpheme
    Functional morphemes specify a relationship between other morphemes.
    For example: Conjunctions (but), Preposition (of), Article (the)
    Types of Bound Morpheme
    There are 02 Types of Bound Morphemes
    1. Derivational Morpheme
    Derivational morpheme changes the grammatical behaviour of the word.
    In other words, where the class changes e.g. adjective (good) to noun (goodness)
    or noun (fool) to adjective (foolish)
    2. Inflectional Morpheme
    Inflectional morpheme cannot change the grammatical behaviour of the word.
    English has only eight (08) inflectional morphemes.
    Chart of the Types of Morphemes

    MORPHEME

    Minimal Unit
    of Meaning

    Types of
    Morphemes
    (02)

    Free Morpheme (Can Bound Morpheme


    stand in isolation & (Cannot stand in
    independently) For isolation & dependent
    example: Pen. Watch, on others) For example:
    Open, Tour and Chair of, -ing, over, -ist, -ed
    etc. and -re etc.

    Types of
    Types of Free
    Bound
    Morpheme
    Morpheme
    (02)
    (02)

    Lexical Morpheme (are Functional Morpheme Derivational Morpheme


    (specify a relationship (changes the grammatical Inflectional
    those that having Morpheme (cannot
    meaning by themselves) between other behaviour of the word) For
    For example: Nouns
    morphemes) For example: example: adjective (good) change the
    Conjunctions (but), to noun (goodness) or grammatical
    (girl, man), Adjectives Preposition (of), Articles noun (Fool) to adjective
    (sad), Verbs (follow) behaviour of the word)
    (the) (foolish)

    English has
    only Eight (08)
    Infectional
    Morphemes.

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