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W ha t a r
uglific
e the in
dividua
l parts
of the w
o rd ,
ation/ug
lifying
The
knowledge
of
morphology
includes
knowledge
of
individual
morphemes,
their
pronunciation,
their
meaning
and
most
especially the rules for
combining morphemes into
complex words.
Word Formation
It is the method by
which words are
formed.
A. DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY
Derivational
Morphemes
are
bound
morphemes such as ify and cation that are
added to root morphemes to derive new words.
Example: The bound morphemes, -ify and
cation are added to the root morpheme ugly
in order to form the word, uglification.
other examples
Noun to
adjective
boy + -ish
Verb to
noun
acquitt +
-al
virtu + -ous clear +
-ance
Elizabeth + accus +
-an
-ation
pictur +
sing + -er
-esque
affection + conform +
Adjective
to adverb
exact + -ly
happy + -ly
verb to
adjective
read + -able
Creat(e) + -ive
Migrat(e) +
-ory
run(n) + -y
re- + write
im- + pair
dis- + band
adjective to
adjective
un- + happy
semi- + annual
dis- +
agreeable
sub- + minimal
Things to remember
B. INFLECTIONAL
MORPHOLOGY
PRODUC
E
IMPRESS
KNOW
QUALIFY
REFUSE
AWARE
RESPECT
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