MORPHEMES 2.

TYPES OF MORPHEME
Group 1
• Alfini Khoirunnisa
• Nihmatun Halifah
• Siska Andini
 Definition of Morpheme
Morpheme is the smallest grammatical unit
that has meaning. Morphemes cannot be
further divided into smaller language forms,
both those that can stand alone and those that
cannot stand alone.
A morpheme can be defined as a minimal unit
that has a more or less constant meaning and a
more or less constant form.

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 Types of Morpheme
Free Morpheme
Free morpheme is a morpheme that can stand
alone into a word without being bound by
another morpheme. These free morphemes are
further grouped into two, namely lexical
morphemes (open-class) and functional
morphemes (closed-class).

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Free Morpheme

Lexical Morpheme Functional Morpheme

Lexical morpheme is a morpheme that A functional morpheme is a morpheme that can
can stand alone and can accept affixes, stand alone, but cannot accept affixes, either
suffixes or prefixes. These morphemes include:
both suffixes (prefix). This morpheme
consists of: prepositions: at, on, in, off, beside
pronouns: I, you, they, we, he
nouns: excitement conjunctions: and, or, but
adjectives: irregular interjection: wow!, huff!, ah!
verbs: enforce articles: a, an, the
adverb: downward demostrative: that, this, these, those

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 Bound Morpheme
Bound morpheme is a morpheme that cannot
stand alone, because it must be bound with
other morphemes to become a word. These
bound morphemes are further grouped into
two, namely derivational morphemes and
inflectional morphemes.

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Bound Morpheme
Derivational Morpheme
Derivational morpheme is a morpheme that
changes the class of words or the meaning of
words. This morpheme is in the form of affixes,
both prefixes (prefixes) and suffixes.
Example:
• happy (adj) + –ness (suffix) happiness (noun):
word class changes
• un- (prefix) + kind (adj) unkind (adj): meaning
changes
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Inflectional Morpheme
Inflectional morpheme (inflectional morpheme /
inflection) is a morpheme that does not cause a
change in word class and word meaning. This
morpheme only affects the number (plurality)
and form of time (tenses).
Example:
• dog (noun) + –s (plural) dogs (noun)
• wait (verb) + –ed (tense) waited (verb)
 A morpheme can be defined as a minimal unit that has a more
or less constant meaning and a more or less constant
form.Free morphemes are those that can stand alone as
words. Free morphemes are also referred as roots. Bound
morphemes can occur only in combination—they are parts of
a word. Bound morphemes are also referred to as affixes,
CONCLUSION among which there are prefixes, Infixes , and
suffixes.Inflectional morphemes, on the other hand, do not
change meanings or parts of speech, but instead simply make
minor grammatical changes necessary for agreement with
other words. Derivational morphemes create new words.
They derive new words from other words.

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