Study of Morphemes in English Language
Morphemes are the building blocks of language, forming meaningful combinations in words. They are classified into lexical and grammatical morphemes, each serving unique roles in conveying meaning and structure. Lexical morphemes include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, each with independent meaning. On the other hand, grammatical morphemes like prepositions and conjunctions rely on lexical items for context. Understanding the distinction between free morphemes, which can stand alone with meaning, and bound morphemes, which require attachment to other morphemes, is key to comprehending language structure.
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Loknete Dr.Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (Padma bhushan Awardee) Pravara Rural Education Society s Arts, Commerce and Science College ,Alkuti Tal-Parner Dist- Ahmednagar Department of English Class-SYBA Special- (G-2) Study of English Language and Literature Name of Subject Teacher Sharmishtha Balkrishna Borude
Morpheme A morpheme may be describe as a sequence of sounds in a meaningful combination .Any word or part of word in the language which has a meaning of its own and which cannot be further spilt in to smaller meaningful units is a morpheme. For Example-The word love and which cannot be further spilt in to smaller meaningful unit is morpheme. The word for example, is a sequence of sounds which cannot be further divided and hence it is a morpheme. But the word Lover can be spilt into two morphemes Love and r or er .Here , love 'has its own meaning.Similarly, er also has typical meaning. It means that which does the action mentioned in the first morpheme .
Types of Morpheme- Lexical Morpheme Grammatical Morpheme Bound Morpheme Free Morpheme
Lexical Morphemes- Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. For example-boy, write, cold, and slowly. These have independent meanings. Grammatical morphemes- Prepositions, articles conjunctions etc. they generally depend on lexical items for meaning.
Free Morpheme- Free morpheme can occurs alone and have independent Meanings. For example- boy, bird, cat etc. are free morphemes. Bound Morphemes- bound morpheme cannot occur alone and do not have meaning in isolation. For example- Plural Morpheme is bound morpheme's is bound morpheme(as in birds. Similarly, affixes like, ness, less un, etc are bound morpheme.
