MORPHOLOGY

By:Siti Nurmursyidah binti Yusof (PK 1)

DEFINITION
a : A study and description of word formation (as inflection, derivation, and compounding) in language b : The system of word-forming elements and processes in a language
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In linguistics, morphology is the identification, analysis and description of the structure of morphemes and other units of meaning in a language like words, affixes, and parts of speech and intonation/stress.

'Morphology is the study of the rules governing the formation of words.'

y Words can often be divided into morphemes. y A morpheme represents the smallest unit of meaning in a word. y Free morpheme

-The word baseball consists of two morphemes and each morpheme can stand on its own as a word with meaning. y Bound morpheme -Words can have prefixes (un and pre); unhappy, roots; ball, suffixes (ing and able);unstoppable. For examples: basketballs (plural)

REFERENCES
S. Jay Kuder. 2003. Teaching students with language and communication disabilities (second edition). Pearson Education Incorporation. United States of America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVR8xoyph2Y&feature= related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBgzwS_y_U&feature =related

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FRUITS

banana

orange

grapes

apple

guava