word
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Word division into morphemes.
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Number of morphemes
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Types of morphemes and its
functions.
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1
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International
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Inter-nation-al
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Three
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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’
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2
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Entertainment
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Entertain-ment
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two
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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”
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3
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Ungrudgingly
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Un-grudg-ing-ly
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four
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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.
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4
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Enslavement
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En-slave-ment
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three
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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”
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5
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underdevelopment
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Under-develop-ment
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three
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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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