Monday, 15 June 2015

Word division into morphemes, number of morphemes and types of morphemes and its functions.


word
Word division into  morphemes.
Number of morphemes
Types of morphemes and its functions.
1
International
Inter-nation-al

Three
It is bound morpheme,
Inter-nation-nal. It is suffix,it function as adjective while
morpheme,inter-national,it is prefix morpheme and it
function as verb, nation it is a free morpheme ‘root’  it is
function as noun to mean‘a large aggregate of people united by
 common descent, culture and language’

2
Entertainment
Entertain-ment
two
It is bound morpheme,
Entertain-ment, it is suffix, it function as noun to show a state
of enjoying, while  entertain – it is
root or it function as a verb “the state of giving enjoyment”
3
Ungrudgingly
Un-grudg-ing-ly
four
It is bound morpheme,
Un-grudg-ing-ly , state of  being ungrudging
-ly it is suffix, it function as adverb, while un-grud-ing it is
Inflectional morpheme it function as adjective
 while  un-grudge, it is prefix, 
 used to show the opposite of grudge
grudge it is  a root   it function as a noun  to show
 “grievance or unwilling”derived in adjective ungrudging.

4
Enslavement
En-slave-ment
three
It is bound morpheme,
En-slave-ment it is suffix, it function as noun to show a
Morpheme enslavement. While,
en-slave is prefix, it makes the root word to be
verb
slave it is a root morpheme  it function  as a noun to mean
“a person who is owned by someone”
5
underdevelopment
Under-develop-ment
three
It is bound morpheme,
Uder-develop-ment it is suffix  and it
 function as noun  to the bound morpheme underdevelopment
under-develop it is prefix it function as adjectve it show the
state of low level
develop it is a root it function as a verb  to mean ‘arise’
                                                                                          

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