GENERAL ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY
1.
What is Morphology?
Morphology
is a branch of linguistic which deals with internal structure of words.
2.
How many branches of Morphology?
Morphology
can be divided into two branches. They are Inflectional morphology and
word-formation.
a.
Inflectional
morphology deals with various forms of words.
b.
Word-formation
deals with the formation of new words.
3.
What are the Morphological processes?
There are
two morphological process, they are:
a.
Inflection
b.
derivation
4.
How many kinds of word formation?
It can be divided into two
parts. They are:
a.
Derivation
(class maintaining “Prefixation” and changing “suffixation)
b.
Compounding
(separated, solid, hyphenated)
5.
What is Morpheme?
Morpheme
is the minimal meaningful units. For examples: s, ly, un, dis, etc.
6.
What is root, stem.
The
example given below is the explanation both of them:
Untouchables. (Touch is the root) (Untouchable is the stem)
7.
What is the difference between word and morpheme?
To make
clear how to distinguish them, see the example given below:
Friendly
Friend is word
ly is morpheme
Can you distinguish them?????????????????
There are two kinds of
Morpheme.
1. Free Morphemes
a. content words
- verbs
- nouns
- adjectives
- adverbs
b. function words
- conjuctions
- prepositions
- articles
- comparatives
- demonstratives
2. Bound Morphemes
a. inflectional morphemes
b. derivational morphemes
(Adapted from Bauer in
Ba’dulu: 2003:31)
1. Free Morphemes
a. content words
- verbs
- nouns
- adjectives
- adverbs
b. function words
- conjuctions
- prepositions
- articles
- comparatives
- demonstratives
2. Bound Morphemes
a. inflectional morphemes
b. derivational morphemes
There are three kinds of
words. They are
1.
Simple words
2.
Complex words
3.
Compound Words
10. What is
Conversion in Morphology?
Conversion is the change in
form class of a form without any corresponding change of form (Bauer, 1989:32).
For example: Mother, book, etc.
11. Transparent and
Opaque
Example:
a.
Blackmail
b.
Airmail
12. Exercises
Analyze the following
paragraph using morphological analysis!
Ali is going back to collage. Vacation is over. He’s waiting for a ride
with his friend, Hasan. Hasan is late and Ali is tired of waiting. He sits on
his suitcase, puts his face in hes hand, and waits patiently.
Reference:
Ba’dulu, Abdul Muis. 2003. Introduction to Linguistics. Makassar: UNM
Kridalaksana, Harimurti. 1993. Kamus Lingustik. Jakarta: PT Gramedia
Pustaka Utama
Bauer, Laurie. 1989. English
Word-Forrmation. New York: Cambridge University Press