1. Morphological Description
1.1. Derivational vs. Inflectional morphemes
1.2. Derivation changes category, inflection maintains
1.3. Order of derivational and inflectional suffixes
2. Morphs, Allomorphs, Special Cases
2.1. Morphs as forms to realize morphemes
2.2. Allomorphs variations of morphemes (e.g., plurals)
3. Other Languages
3.1. Ganda : inflectional markings
3.2. Different languages have unique morphological patterns
3.3. Kanuri: derivational prefix
3.4. Ilocano: plural arking (First part repetition)
3.5. Tagalog: Reduplication (Infix insertion)
4. •Study of forms in language •Investigating basic elements in words
5. Morphemes
5.1. Types of Morphemes
5.1.1. Free Morphemes
5.1.1.1. Stand alone as single words (e.g., "new," "tour")
5.1.1.2. Lexical morphemes (content words)
5.1.1.3. Can be basic nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
5.1.2. Bound Morphemes
5.1.2.1. •Attached to other forms (e.g., "re-", "-ist", "-ed", "-s") •Affixes (prefixes and suffixes) •Include derivational and inflectional morphemes
5.1.2.2. Inflectional Morphemes
5.1.2.2.1. Indicate grammatical functions
5.1.2.2.2. Suffixes only
5.1.2.2.3. Show plural, past tense, comparative, possessive, etc.
5.1.2.3. Derivational Morphemes
5.1.2.3.1. Create new words or change grammatical category
5.1.2.3.2. Suffixes and prefixes
5.1.2.3.3. Transform stem into different forms (e.g., -ment, -ify)
5.2. •Smallest units of meaning or grammatical function •Divide words into meaningful elements
6. Lexical and Functional Morphemes
6.1. Lexical
6.1.1. Content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
6.1.2. Easily added to language ("open" class))
6.2. Functional
6.2.1. Articles, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns
6.2.2. Less frequently added ("closed" class)