Morphology

A word element that can stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

A word element that cannot stand alone as a word.

• Morpheme

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Change the semantic meaning or part of speech of the impacted word when coupled with a root.

• Free morpheme

• Bound morpheme

• Inflectional morpheme

• Derivational morpheme

Are used to create a variant form of a word in order to signal grammatical information without changing the meanings.

• Free morphemes

• Bound morphemes

• Inflectional morphemes

• Derivational morphemes

What is the smallest unit of the word: disembarked

What is the smallest unit of the word: inferiority

What is the smallest unit of the word: Inhumanely

What is the smallest unit of the word: despicableness

What is the smallest unit of the word: Mercilessly

What is the smallest unit of the word: Relaxing