Introduction to Morphology

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Introducción a la Morfología

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Introduction to Morphology

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1. Introduction to Morphology

Explora cada uno de los conceptos que tienen que ver con la morfología, descubre su significado y algunos ejemplos.

2. Introduction to Morphology

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Realiza las siguientes actividades para aprender los conceptos básicos de la morfología.

A base word can stand alone and has meaning (for example, help).

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word (for example, -ful). If you add the suffix -ful to the base word, help, the word is helpful.

Prefixes are 1-3 syllable affixes added to the beginning of a base word to slightly change its meaning. For example, adding the prefix im- to the base word possible creates a new word, impossible, which means “not possible.”

A root word is the most basic form of a word that cannot be further divided into meaningful segments. Root words are used to form new words by adding letters at the beginning (i.e., a prefix) and/or the end (i.e., a suffix). For example, with “faith,” we can make other words such as “faithful,” “faithfully,” “unfaithful,” and “unfaithfully.” These words are linked both in terms of spelling and meaning and are called a word family.

Bound morphemes must be connected to another morpheme to create a word. Both derivational and inflectional morphemes are bound morphemes. One example of a bound morpheme is -ish, as in "childish."

Stand-alone words are free morphemes. These morphemes contain functional words like pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and determiners. The word "catfish" is an example of combing two free morphemes, "cat" and "fish," together to create a new compound word.

A morpheme is the smallest unit of language that contains meaning. "Dog" is an example of a free morpheme. The word "incoming" has three morphemes "-in," "come," and "-ing."