II. Morphology 

           WHAT IS MORPHOLOGY?

                                 – study of how words formed – “morphos” (Greek word means “form or shape”)

    Morpheme - is a basic unit of meaning in a language and any simple words that are elements of complex words.

            (2 types of Morpheme)

•  Free Morpheme (can stand-alone words with specific meaning or and the root/base words) 

    2 Kinds of Free Morphemes: (1) Content Words (words that have meaning that refer to as “open class. Noun, Verb, Adj and Adv are content parts of speech) and; (2) Function Words (exist to explain or create grammatical relationship into which the content words may fit).

•  Bound Morpheme (cannot stand-alone words or and affixes).

     2 Categories of Bound Morphemes: (1) Inflectional Morphemes (carry grammatical meaning) and; (2) Derivational Morphemes (affixes which are added to root words to change its meaning and function and also called as “Word Formation”).