Morphology

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Morphology is the study of words, their structure, and the patterns of word information.

A morpheme is the smallest grammatical piece in a language. It has these three criteria :
1. It holds meaning
2. It cannot be divided into smaller units and retain meaning.
3. It holds similar meaning when moved to other word.

For example :
One morpheme : Child
Two morpheme : Child + ish
Three morpheme : Child + ish + ness

And in morpheme there are two parts.

• Bound Morpheme: a morpheme that cannot stand by itself to form a word;
it must be joined to other morphemes. (Prefixes and suffixes are bound
morphemes.

• Free Morpheme: a morpheme that by itself can function as a word in a
language.

Example for bound morpheme
• Prefixes
Added in to beginning of words.
Un - Happy
Mis - Understand
Non - Sense
Re - Play
Pra - Debut
Sub - Normal
Inter - Nasional
Anti - Fans
• Suffixes
Added in to the end of words
Slow - ly
Care - Ful
Tall - Est
Work - Ing
Book - S
Walk - Ed
Free - Dom
Kind - Ness
Sad - Ness

So to find out how understanding you are about the word morphemes, look at the lyrics below, and look for the words free and bound morphemes.

Someone like you

I heard, that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're, married now
I heard, that your dreams came true
I guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited but I
Couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you be reminded that for me it isn't over
Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too, don't forget me
I beg, I'll remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead yeah
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday it was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze bound by the surprise
Of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited but I
Couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over
Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead
Nothing compares no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes their memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet
This would taste
Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead
Never mind I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you said
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.

Thank you for you all

I hope this post can help you to understand about morphology .