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Morphemes
Presented By:
Meneses, Jim & Jose, Ralph jose
 What are free and bound morphemes?

Free Morphemes
These kinds of morphemes can stand alone with a specific meaning.

Bound Morphemes
Can only occur in combination and cannot stand alone with meaning.
 Free morphemes have two types and they are classified as:

Lexical Morphemes
These are the morphemes that carry the content and meaning of the message we
are expressing.
(If you were to remove the morpheme in a sentence then you will be unable to understand the message
and that is what we call Lexical Morpheme.)

Examples: follow, type, look, and act

 Functional Morphemes
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This free morpheme does not carry the content of the message though it still
helps the grammar of the message to function.

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Examples: but, when, near, and if
 BOUND MORPHEMES
Derivational Morphemes
Derivational morphemes often
change the part of speech of a
word. If you add –ful to the word
bounty it will turn into an
adjective (Bountiful) that’s what a
Derivational morpheme is.
Examples:
• Use is a noun if I were to add –ful, it will
turn into a adjective (Useful)
• Normal is an adjective if I were to add –
ize it will turn into a verb (Normalize)
• Friend is a noun if I were to add –ly, it will
turn into a adjective (Friendly)
 BOUND MORPHEMES
Inflectional Morphemes
In charge of changing a word into a plural (-s), possessive (-’s),
comparative (-er), superlative (est), present (-s), past (-ed), past participle
(-en), and present participle (-ing).

Examples:
Girl + -s = Girls (plural)
Girl + -’s = Girl’s (possessive)
Slow + -est = Slowest (superlative)
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Presented By:
Meneses, Jim & Jose, Ralph jose