CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
Language consists of two aspects namely form and meaning. In relation to
meaning, the smallest meaningful unit in language is morpheme. Morpheme is
defined as the smallest meaningful unit of a language. Words are made up of
morphemes. The word teachers, for example, consists of three meaningful
units or morphemes, teach, –er, and –s. The morpheme teach
forming the word teachers has the lexical meaning; the morpheme –er
means the doer of teaching; the morpheme –s has plural meaning. We can
identify the meaning of the morpheme teach although it stands alone but
we cannot identify the meaning of morphemes –er and –s in
isolation. We can identify the meaning of the morpheme –er and –s
after they combine to the morpheme teach.
The morphemes which can meaningfully
stand alone are called free morphemes while the morphemes such as –er and –s,
which cannot meaningfully stand alone are called bound morphemes. Bound
morphemes must be attached to free morphemes. Bound morphemes are also called
affixes which can be classified into prefix, infix, and suffix. English only
has two kinds of bound morphemes namely prefixes and suffixes. There are not
infixes in English. Bound morphemes are classified into two namely derivational
and inflectional morphemes. This paper will discuss about derivational
morphemes and inflectional morphemes.
1.2
Problem Formulation
1. What is
derivational morpheme?
2. What are
the types of derivational morphemes?
3. What is
inflectional morpheme?
4. What are
the types of inflectional morphemes?
5. What are the
differences between derivational and inflectional morphemes?
1.3
Objective Problem
1. To know
what derivational morphemes is.
2. To know the
types of derivational morphemes.
3. To know
what inflectional morphemes is.
4. To know the
types of inflectional morphemes.
5. To know the
differences between derivational and inflectional morphemes.
CHAPTER
II
CONTENT
2.1 Derivational
Morpheme
A derivational morpheme is the morpheme which produces a new lexeme from a
base. Derivational morphemes are bound morphemes which derive (create) new
words by either changing the meaning or the part of speech or both. In the word
happiness, the bound morpheme –ness creates a new word by
changing both the meaning and the part of speech. Happy is an adjective
but the derived word happiness is a noun. Some derivational morphemes
create new meaning but do not change the syntactic category or part of speech.
The word unhappy, for example, consists of the base happy and the
derivational morpheme (prefix) un-. Happy is an adjective and the
derived word unhappy is also an adjective.
In English,
derivational morphemes can be prefixes or suffixes. All prefixes in English are
derivational. All prefixes in English modify the meaning although they do not
modify the syntactic category. For examples, the derivational prefix in- in
inefficient, un- in undo, re- in rewrite, dis-
in dislike and a- in amoral modify the positive meaning to
the negative meaning but do not change the syntactic category of the derived
words; efficient is an adjective and the derived word inefficient
is also an adjective; do is a verb and the derived word undo is
also a verb; write is a verb and the derived word rewrite is also
a verb; moral is an adjective and the derived word amoral is also
an adjective. All the derivational prefixes explained above have the meaning ‘not’.
Most derivational suffixes change both the syntactic category and the meaning.
Only a few of them do not change the syntactic category. The derivational suffixes
which change the syntactic category can be noun-forming suffixes, verb-forming
suffixes, adjective-forming suffixes, and adverb-forming suffixes.
2.2 Types of Derivational
Morphemes
The rule of thumb
to identify that the bound morphemes are derivational is the occurrence of new
meaning creation or new word creation of the derived words. In dictionaries the
derivation word is generally listed as a separate word from its base. The new
meaning or the new word which occurs in the derivation process can be
accompanied by the change of part of speech or not. In other words some
derivational morphemes, as described above, change the part of speech and
some of them do not change the part of speech. In English, derivational
morphemes can be both the prefixes and suffixes.
Based on the fact
described above, the types of English derivational morphemes can be classified
into two, derivational prefixes and derivational suffixes
a.
Derivational
Prefixes
1.
Prefix un-
There are two kinds of the
prefix un- in English. The first is attached to adjectives to form new
adjectives, and the second is attached to verbs to form new verbs. The two
kinds of the prefix un- do not change the part of speech. The prefix un-
attached to adjectives means ‘not’. Fromkin (1990: 130) calls this derivation
antonym or negative. Look at the following examples of prefix un-
attached to adjectives.
Prefix
Base
Derived
word
Meaning
(Adjective)
(Adjective)
un-
able
unable
‘not able’
un-
afraid unafraid
‘not
afraid’
un-
aware unaware
‘not aware’
un-
free
unfree
‘not free’
un-
happy
unhappy
‘not happy’
un-
important unimportant
‘not important’
un-
lucky unlucky
‘not lucky’
The prefix un- can also be added to the adjectives of
the derived words that have been formed by morphological rules (Fromkin,1990 :
130). The examples are as follows.
Prefix
Base
Derived
word Meaning
(Adjective)
(Adjective)
un-
acceptable
unacceptable
‘not acceptable’
un-
believable
unbelievable
‘not believable’
un-
predictable
unpredictable
‘not believable’
un-
readable unreadable
‘not readable’
un-
sinkable unsinkable
‘not sinkable’
un-
touchable untouchable
‘not touchable’
Based on the examples above the rule of the prefix un-
attached to adjectives can be stated as: {un-} + Adjective --> new Adjective. This rule says that the prefix un- attached to an
adjective creates a new adjective. The new adjective is indicated by the change
of meaning. In this case the prefix un- means ‘not’.
The second prefix un- joins with verbs to form new
verbs. In this case the prefix un- means ‘to do the opposite of ’
(Hornby, 1986: 935). The following are the examples of the prefix un-
which combines with verbs:
Prefix Base Derived
word Meaning
(Verb)
(Verb)
un- bind
unbind ‘to
do the opposite of binding’
un-
cover
uncover
‘to do the opposite of covering’
un- do
undo
‘to do the opposite of doing’
un- dress undress
‘to do the opposite of dressing’
un- load
unload
‘to do the opposite of loading’
un-
lock
unlock
‘to do the opposite of locking’
From the examples above, the rule of
prefix un- attached to verbs can be stated as: {un-} + Verb --> a new Verb. This rule says that the prefix un-
attached to a verb creates a new verb. The new verb is indicated by the change
of meaning namely ‘to do the opposite of’.
2.
Prefix in-
The prefix in- is the
derivational bound morpheme mostly attached to adjectives. This prefix does not
change the part of speech either. The meaning of this prefix is ‘not’. Look at
the examples below:
Prefix
Base
Derived word
Meaning
(Adjective)
(Adjective)
in-
accurate
inaccurate
‘not accurate’
in-
tolerant
intolerant
‘not tolerant’
in-
efficient
inefficient
‘not efficient’
in-
expensive
inexpensive
‘not expensive’
in-
fertile
infertile
‘not fertile’
in-
formal
informal
‘not formal’
in-
legal
illegal
‘not legal’
in-
moral
immoral ‘not
moral’
in-
perfect
imperfect
‘not legal’
in-
polite
impolite
‘not polite’
in-
complete
incomplete
‘not complete’
in-
consistent
inconsistent
‘not consistent’
in-
regular
irregular
‘not regular’
in-
responsible
irresponsible
‘not responsible’
in-
relevant
irrelevant
‘not relevant’
From the examples above, the rule of prefix in-
attached to adjectives can be stated as: {in-} + Adjective --> a new Adjective. This rule says that the prefix in-
attached to an adjective creates a new adjective. The new adjective is
indicated by the change of meaning ‘not’ in the derived word. The prefix in-
attached to nouns are very rare. The following are the examples of the prefix in-
attached to nouns.
Prefix Base
Derived
word Meaning
(Noun) (Noun)
in- balance
imbalance
‘absence of balance’
in- decorum indecorum
‘lack of decorum’
in- decision indecision
‘the state of being unable to decide’
3.
Prefix re-
The prefix re- is the
derivational bound morpheme attached to verbs to form new verbs. The meaning
of the prefix re- is ‘again’. Look at the examples below:
Prefix
Base Derived
word
Meaning
(Verb)
(Verb)
re-
adjust
readjust
‘adjust again’
re-
arrange rearrange
‘arrange again’
re-
consider reconsider
‘consider again’
re-
construct reconstruct
‘construct again’
re-
count recount
‘count again’
re-
decorate redecorate
‘decorate again’
re-
pay repay
‘pay again’
re-
print reprint
‘print again’
re-
select reselect
‘select
again’
re-
write rewrite
‘write again’
Based on the examples above, the rule of prefix re-
attached to verbs can be stated as: {re-} + Verb --> new Verb. This rule says that the prefix re- attached to a verb
creates a new verb. The new verb as the derived word is indicated by the change
of meaning ‘again’.
4.
Prefix dis-
The prefix dis- is a
derivational morpheme which can be attached to verbs to form new verbs. This
prefix has several meanings but its basic meaning is ‘not’.
Prefix
Base Derived
word
Meaning
(Verb) (Verb)
dis-
agree
disagree ‘not agree’
dis-
allow disallow ‘refuse
to allow’
dis-
appear disappear
‘be seen no more’
dis-
believe
disbelieve ‘refuse
to believe’
dis-
like dislike
‘not
like’
dis-
close disclose
‘allow to be seen’
dis-
connect disconnect
‘take apart’
dis-
continue discontinue
‘give up’
dis-
obey disobey
‘not
obey’
Based on the examples above, the rule of the prefix dis-
attached to verbs can be stated as: {dis-}+ Verb --> new Verb.
The new verb is indicated by the change of meaning. In this case, the prefix dis-
brings the basic meaning ‘not’ to the verb.
The prefix dis- can be attached to nouns to form new
nouns. The following are the examples.
Prefix
Base Derived
word Meaning
(Noun)
(Noun)
dis-
advantage disadvantage
‘unfavorable
condition’
dis-
comfort discomfort
‘absence of comfort’
dis-
harmony disharmony
‘lack
of harmony’
dis-
honor dishonor
‘absence
of honor’
Based on the examples above, the rule of the prefix dis-
attached to nouns can be stated as: {dis-}+ Noun --> new Noun.
The new noun is indicated by the change of meaning. In this case, the prefix dis-
brings the basic meaning ‘not’ to the noun.
The prefix dis- can also be attached to adjectives to
form new adjectives. The examples are as follows:
Prefix
Base Derived
word Meaning
(Adjective) (Adjective)
dis-
able
disable
‘make
unable to do
something’
dis-
honest dishonest
‘not honest’
dis-
similar dissimilar
‘not similar’
Based on the examples above, the rule of the prefix dis-
attached to adjectives can be stated as: {dis-}+ Adjective --> new Adjective. The new adjective is indicated by the change of meaning. In
this case, the prefix dis- brings the basic meaning ‘not’ to the
adjectives. The prefix dis- attached to verbs is more productive
than that attached to nouns and adjectives.
5.
Prefix mis-
The prefix mis- is the
derivational bound morpheme attached to verbs to form new verbs. The new
meaning created by this prefix is ‘wrong’. The following is the list of verbs
to which the prefix mis- can be attached.
Prefix
Base Derived word
Meaning
(Verb) (Verb)
mis-
direct
misdirect
‘direct wrongly’
mis-
judge
misjudge
‘judge wrongly’
mis-
match
mismatch
‘match wrongly’
mis- quote
misquote
‘quote wrongly’
mis- remember
misremember
‘remember wrongly’
mis- understand misunderstand
‘understand wrongly’
Based on the examples above, the rule of the prefix mis-
attached to verbs can be stated as: {mis-}+ VERB --> new VERB. The new verb is indicated by the change of meaning. In this
case, the prefix mis- brings the basic meaning ‘wrong’ to the verb.
6.
Prefix pre-
The prefix re- is the
derivational bound morpheme attached to verbs to form new verbs. The new
meaning created by this prefix is ‘before’. The following is the list of verbs
to which the prefix pre- can be attached.
Prefix
Base Derived
word
Meaning
(Verb) (Verb)
pre-
arrange prearrange
‘arrange before’
pre-
cook precook
‘cook before’
pre- determine
predetermine
‘determine before’
pre- select preselect
‘select before’
pre- wash prewash
‘wash
before’
Based on the examples above, the rule of the prefix pre-
attached to verbs can be stated as: {pre-}+ VERB --> new VERB. The new verb is indicated by the change of meaning. In this
case, the prefix pre- brings the meaning ‘before’ to the verb.
7.
Prefix a-
The prefix a- is a
derivational morpheme which can be attached to adjectives to form new
adjectives. This prefix has several meanings but its basic meaning is ‘not’.
Prefix Base Derived
word Meaning
(Adjective)
(Adjective)
a- moral
amoral ‘not
concerned with morals’
a- political apolitical
‘uninvolved with politics’
a- typical atypical
‘not
typical’
a- sexual asexual ‘without
sex’
b.
Derivational
Suffixes
1.
Noun-Forming
Suffix
Noun-forming suffixes are the
derivational suffixes which change the words or morphemes to nouns. The
following is the explanation of derivational suffixes which form nouns.
a.
Suffix –er
The suffix –er attached
to a verb in derivational morpheme which changed verbs to a noun. The suffix
creates a new meaning ‘a person who performs an action’. The following are the
examples of the suffix –er attached to verbs.
Base
Suffix
Derived word
(Verb) (Noun)
box
-er
boxer
drive
-er
driver
kill
-er
killer
paint
-er
painter
sing
-er
singer
speak
-er
speaker
teach
-er
teacher
train
-er
trainer
write
-er
writer
b.
Suffix –ment
The suffix –ment is the
derivational morphemes which can be attached to some verbs to form nouns. This
suffix brings the new meaning ‘abstract noun’. The following are the examples
of the suffix –ment attached to verbs.
Base
Suffix
Derived word
(Verb)
(Noun)
agree
-ment
agreement
develop
-ment
development
argue
-ment
argument
commit
-ment
commitment
govern
-ment
government
move
-ment
movement
c.
Suffix –ness
The suffix –ness is the
derivational morphemes which can be attached to adjectives to form nouns
expressing a state or a condition. The following are the examples of the suffix
–ness attached to adjectives.
Base
Suffix
Derived word
(Adjective)
(Noun)
bright
-ness
brightness
bitter
-ness
bitterness
happy
-ness happiness
hard
-ness
hardness
lonely
-ness
loneliness
sad
-ness
sadness
d.
Suffix –ion
The suffix –ion is the
derivational morpheme which can be attached to verbs to form nouns. The
following are the examples of the suffix –ion attached to verbs.
Base
Suffix
Derived word
(Verb) (Noun)
educate
-ion
education
discuss
-ion
discussion
act
-ion
action
2.
Adjective-Forming Suffixes
Adjective-forming suffixes are
the derivational suffixes which change the words or morphemes to adjectives.
The following is the explanation of derivational suffixes which form
adjectives.
a.
Suffixe –able
The suffix
–able is the derivational morpheme which changes the bases to adjective. In
this case, the bases can be either verbs or nouns. The following are the
examples:
Base
Suffix Derived
Word
(Verb)
(Adjective)
eat -able eatable
predict -able predictable
read -able readable
sink
-able unsinkable
understand -able
understandable
wash -able washable
write -able writable
Base Suffix Derived
Word
(Noun)
(Adjective)
comfort -able comfortable
market
-able
marketable
profit -able profitable
b.
Suffix –ful
The suffix –ful is the derivational
morpheme which changes the bases to adjective. In this case, the bases are
nouns. The following are the examples:
Base
Suffix
Derived
Word
(Noun) (Adjective)
beauty -ful beautiful
care -ful careful
use -ful useful
wonder -ful wonderful
pain
-ful painful
c.
Suffix –less
Like suffix –ful, the suffix –less
is the derivational morpheme which changes the bases to adjective. In this
case, the bases are nouns. The following are the examples:
Base Suffix
Derived
Word
(Noun)
(Adjective)
home
-less homeless
use -less
useless
care
-less careless
3.
Verb-Forming Suffixes
Verb-forming suffixes are the derivational
suffixes which change the words or morphemes to verbs. The following is the
explanation of derivational suffixes which form verbs.
a.
Suffix –en
Base Suffix
Derived Word
(Adjective)
(Verb)
wide -en
widen
ripe
-en ripen
sharp -en sharpen
short
-en shorten
b.
Suffix –ify
The suffix –ify is the
derivational morphemes which change the base to verb. The base can be adjective
and noun. The examples are as follows:
Base
Suffix
Derived Word
(Adjective)
(Verb)
clear
-ify
clarify
pure
-ify
purify
specific
-ify
specify
Base
Suffix
Derived Word
(Noun)
(Verb)
identity
-ify
identify
beauty
-ify
beautify
c.
Suffix –ize
The suffix –ize is the
derivational morphemes which change the base to verb. The base can be
nouns and adjective. The examples are as follows:
Base
Suffix
Derived Word
(Noun)
(Verb)
apology
-ize
apologize
memory
-ize
memorize
victim
-ize
victimize
Base
Suffix
Derived Word
(Adjective)
(Verb)
local
-ize
localize
real
-ize
realize
mobile
-ize
mobilize
vocal
-ize
vocalize
4.
Adverb-Forming Suffixes
Adverb-forming suffixes are the
derivational suffixes which change the words or morphemes to adverbs. The
following are the examples of derivational suffixes which form adverbs.
Base
Suffix
Derived Word
(Adjective)
(Adverb)
clear
-ly
clearly
beautiful
-ly
beautifully
careful
-ly
carefully
angry
-ly
angrily
loud
-ly
loudly
slow
-ly
slowly
happy
-ly
happily
2.3 Inflectional Morphemes
Inflectional
morphemes are bound morphemes which have a strictly grammatical function. These
are not used to produce new words in language, but rather to indicate aspects
of the grammatical function of words, such as gender, tenses, numbers, persons,
comparative, or possessive forms. The concept of “a word” independent of the
different inflections is called a lexeme,
and the form of a word that is considered to have no or minimal inflection is
called a lemma. An organized list of
the inflected forms of a given lexeme is called an inflectional paradigm.
In English, the
number of inflectional morphemes is small but they combine with many bases. For
example, if the nouns bag, tin, church are added by the “plural” morphemes,
they remain nouns bags, tins, churches. If those words are added the “past
tense” morpheme to verbs walk, drown, rinse, they are still verbs walked,
drowned, rinsed.
2.4
Types of Inflectional Morphemes
English has only eight inflectional affixes:
a.
Noun plural
{-s}--> “He has three desserts.”
Nouns take two inflectional
morphemes, plural and possessive.
Plural
|
-s
|
book + -s
|
books
|
-es
|
glass + -es
|
glasses
|
Some plurals take a different morpheme:
-
datum --> data
-
medium --> media
-
ox --> oxen
-
mouse --> mice
b.
Noun
possessive {-s}--> “This is Betty’s
dessert.”
Possessive
|
-s
|
Barbara + -s
|
Barbara’s
|
When a singular possessive noun ends in –s or –z,
it still takes the ‘s. The pronunciation of the ‘s just changes
from the [s] sound to the [z] sound:
-
bass --> bass’s
-
maze --> maze’s
The possessive of a plural noun
ending in –s is pronounced just like the plural form. It’s spelled with
a simple apostrophe and no additional –s:
-
five days’
work
-
the taxpayers’
burden
c.
Verb present
tense {-s}--> “Bill usually eats dessert.”
In present tense, verb will
added by –s/-es when subject is
third-person singular noun or pronoun. For example: She usually sits
here;
The house stays cool at night.
The house stays cool at night.
d.
Verb past
tense {-ed}--> “He baked the dessert yesterday.”
In past tense, verb will added
by –ed when verb is regular verb. Irregular
verbs can inflect by changing their vowel (ride --> rode) or take no change (cut --> cut). Some change more than a vowel (go --> went). For example: We rowed down the river; The inside of the
canoe got pretty wet.
e.
Verb past
participle {-en}--> “He has always eaten
dessert.”
In past participle, verb will
added by –en. For example: I have
already eaten;
I had wanted a salad. For most regular verbs, the past-participle inflection is –ed, just like the past-tense inflection.
I had wanted a salad. For most regular verbs, the past-participle inflection is –ed, just like the past-tense inflection.
f.
Verb present
participle {-ing}--> “He is eating the
dessert now.”
In present participle, verb
will added by –ing. For example: I am
walking to the store; You are taking a class. The
present-participle inflection also often occurs as a noun modifer (e.g. the sleeping
baby; a rolling stone).
g.
Adjective
comparative {-er}--> “His dessert is larger
than mine.”
In comparative sentence, the
word will added by –er such as taller,
smarter, thicker, crazier. For example: This table is lower than
that; His house is bigger than mine.
h.
Adjective
superlative {-est}--> “His dessert is the largest.”
In superlative sentence,
the word will added by –est such as
tallest, smartest, thickest, craziest. For example:
John is the
cleverest student in my school; She is the prettiest.
Notice that all the example
base morphemes only have one or two syllables. Adjectives with more than two
syllables care made comparative and superlative by the addition of words (more;
most), not inflectional morphemes.
Some adverbs can take the same
comparative and superlative inflections (-er; -est) that
adjectives take:
-
drove longer
-
ran faster
-
played harder
Many adverbs cannot take these
inflections, however. Notice the awkwardness of the following phrases:
-
He said
slylier.
-
She danced
awkwardliest.
Like some adjective, these same
examples can use more and most to create comparatives and
superlatives:
-
He said more
slyly.
-
She danced most
awkwardly.
2.5
Derivational Morphemes VS Inflectional
Morphemes
Inflectional operations
|
Derivational operations
|
|
Lexical category
|
Do not change the lexical category of the word.
|
Often change the lexical category of the word.
|
Location
|
Tend to occur outside derivational affixes.
|
Tend to occur next to the root.
|
Type of meaning
|
Contribute syntactically conditioned information, such as number, gender,
or aspect.
|
Contribute lexical meaning.
|
Affixes used
|
Occur with all or most members of a class of stems.
|
Are restricted to some, but not all members of a class of stems.
|
Productivity
|
May be used to coin new words of the same type.
|
May eventually lose their meaning and usually cannot be used to coin new
terms.
|
Grounding
|
Create forms that are fully-grounded and able to be integrated into discourse.
|
Create forms that are not necessarily fully grounded and may require
inflectional operations before they can be integrated into discourse.
|
CHAPTER III
CONCLUSION
1.
A
derivational morpheme is the morpheme which produces a new lexeme from a base. Derivational
morphemes are bound morphemes which derive (create) new words by either
changing the meaning or the part of speech or both.
2.
Types of derivational
morphemes are (1) derivational
prefixes: un-, in-, re-,
dis-, mis-, pre-, a- ; (2) derivational suffixes: noun-forming suffix (–er, –ment, –ness,
–ion), adjective-forming suffixes (–able, –ful, –less), verb-forming suffixes (–en, –ify, –ize), adverb-forming suffixes(-ly).
3.
Inflectional
morphemes are bound morphemes which have a strictly grammatical function. These
are not used to produce new words in language, but rather to indicate aspects
of the grammatical function of words, such as gender, tenses, numbers, persons,
comparative, or possessive forms.
4.
Types of
inflectional morphemes are noun plural {-s/-es}, noun possessive {-s}, verb
present tense {-s}, verb past tense {-ed}, verb past participle {-en}, verb
present participle {-ing}, adjective comparative {-er}, adjective superlative
{-est}.
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