Question

Differentiate between Grammatical & Lexical Morphemes

Answer 1

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Differentiate between Grammatical & Lexical Morphemes.

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Lexical meaning is dominant in constant words, whereas grammatical meaning is dominant in function words.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀More to know

★$\Large{ \mathfrak{ \red{Morphemes :-}}}$ A morpheme can be defined as a minimal unit having more or less constant meaning and more of less constant form.

For example: Linguists say that the word buyers is made up of three morphemes {buy} + {er} + {s}.

The evidence for this is that each can occur in other combinations of morphemes without changing its meaning.

We can find {buy} in buying, buys and {er} in seller, fisher as well as buyer. and {s} can be found in boys, girls, and dogs.

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✿Division of morphemes :-

Morphemes can be divide into two parts:

1) Lexical

2) Grammatical

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Lexical morphemes are those that having meaning by themselves (more accurately, they have sense).

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Grammatical morphemes specify a relationship between other morphemes. But the distinction is nt all that well defined.

Note :- Nouns, verbs, adjectives ({boy}, {buy}, {big}) are typical lexical morphemes.

Prepositions, articles, conjunctions ({of}, {the}, {but}) are grammatical morphemes.

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Answer 2

Lexical morphemes are those that having meaning by themselves (more accurately, they have sense). Grammatical morphemes specify a relationship between other morphemes. ... Free morphemes are those that can stand alone as words.

What is the difference between morphemes and lexemes?

In the English Language, there are three types of morphemes: free morpheme; bound morpheme; and infix morpheme. The free morpheme is also called a lexeme in that the lexeme (free morpheme) is really the “headword” in the dictionary, especially with regard to verbs. As it is, the lexeme is the word which carries all bound morphemes attached to the verbal “headword.” Now, regarding a typical free morpheme (headword), let us consider the adjective “regular.” Whatever morphemes originate from “regular,” are called “bound” morphemes. For example, if we add “ly” to regular, we get “regularly” which contains two morphemes: the free morpheme “regular” and the bound morpheme “ly.” Moreover, if we add “ir” to regular, we get “irregular” consisting of two morphemes: the bound morpheme “ir” and the free morpheme “regular.” Note that the word irregularly consists of three morphemes: a bound (prefix) morpheme “ir,” a free morpheme “regular,” and a bound (suffix) morpheme “ly.”

Furthermore, if we add two other morphemes to the free -morpheme word “regular” by forming the word “regularity,” we see that this word has three morphemes: “regular” (free morpheme,”) “i” (bound infix morpheme), and “ty” (bound suffix morpheme). Of course, if we add the bound (prefix) morpheme “ir” to regularity, we will have four morphemes: IR, REGULAR, I, and TY.

With regard to “lexeme,” the verbal headword in a dictionary, the typical verb is the lexeme from which a series of bound morphemes originate. For example, if we take the lexeme (headword:free morpheme) “walk,” all the attached bound (suffix) morphemes attached to it are called inflected (subordinate) morphemes.

THE LEXEME AND ITS INFLECTED BOUND MORPHEMES.

LEXEME : THE HEADWORD AND FREE MORPHEME “WALK.” Note that all inflectional morphemes are called bound morphemes, for example:

Walk + ing =walking (present participle) bound morpheme.

Walk+ s = walks (present indicative tense) bound morpheme.

Walk + ed = walked (past tense or past participle ) bound morpheme.

When we look at the lexeme (verbal headword morpheme) we see the following: headword “walk” and the inflected or subordinate variants, namely:

The present participle morpheme ‘ing.”

The third person singular morpheme “s.”

The past tense or past participle morpheme “ed.”

In other words, the LEXEME and its bound-morpheme variants for the verb “park” are: park; parks; parking; and parked.

These are basically the differences between lexemes and morphemes. Whereas lexemes and and free morphemes are headwords in a dictionary, all other morphemes attached to lexemes and morphemes are called “bound” morphemes. Again, whereas morphemes deal with all aspects of words, regardless of their parts of speech, lexemes deal specifically with verbs and nouns and their subordinate variants called inflections.

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