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What is Morphological analysis ?

Morphology is the study of the structure & formation of words.

Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies patterns of word formation within and across languages, and attempts to formulate rules that model the knowledge of the speakers of those languages.

The discipline that deals specifically with the sound changes occurring within morphemes is called morphophonology.

What is Morphology ?

Morph (form) + ology (science of) = morphology @ the science of word forms.

The study of the internal structure of words.

The rules by which words are formed

Morpheme??Morpheme is a root word, the basic part of

a word to which affixes are added.  Consider a word like: "unhappiness". This

has three parts: 

un means "not", while ness means "being in a state or condition". 

Happy is a free morpheme because it can appear on its own (as a "word" in its own right). 

Bound morphemes have to be attached to a free morpheme, and so cannot be words in their own right.

What is a morpheme ? A morpheme is the minimal unit of meaning

Parts Of Morphemes RootRoot is the base form of a word which cannot be further

analysed wihout total loss of identity. It is that part of the word when all the affixes are removed. Ex: TIDY

AffixAffix is a collective term for the types of morphemes that can only be used in combination with other morphemes

prefix preceedes a base ---> Untidysuffix follows a base ---> tidinessinfix an affix which is added within a base ---> speedometer

StemStem is that part of a word to which grammatical

affixes are added. Ex : housewives ---> stem : housewife / two root morphemes house + wife

BaseEvery form to which an affix can be added is a base.

Every root and stem is a thus base. The set of bases, however is larger than the union of all roots and stems, because the process of affixation applies recursively.untouchable = Un (lexicalprefix) + touchable (base)touch + able( root/base) (lexicalprefix)

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References

Tom Nicholson (2005). The Phonics Handbook. Padstow, Cornwall : United Kingdom. (page :117-127)

Gail E.Tompkins (2003). Literacy for the 21 st Century . Merrill Prentice Hall : United States . 3 rd edition (page : 192- 196)

Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna M. Brinton , Janet M. Goodwin ,

Barry Griner(2010). Teaching Pronunciation. Cambridge University Press : Hong Kong . 2nd edition . (page : 394-417 )