Editing Morpheme (section)

=== Classification of bound morphemes ===
Bound morphemes can be further classified as derivational or inflectional morphemes. The main difference between them is their function in relation to words.

==== Derivational bound morphemes ====
* [[Derivation (linguistics)|Derivational]] morphemes, when combined with a root, change the semantic meaning or the [[part of speech]] of the affected word. For example, in the word ''happiness'', the addition of the bound morpheme ''-ness'' to the root ''happy'' changes the word from an [[adjective]] (''happy'') to a [[noun]] (''happiness''). In the word ''unkind'', ''un-'' functions as a derivational morpheme since it inverts the meaning of the root morpheme (word) ''kind''. Generally, morphemes that affix to a root morpheme (word) are bound morphemes.

==== Inflectional bound morphemes ====
* [[Inflection]]al morphemes modify the [[grammatical tense|tense]], [[aspect (linguistics)|aspect]], [[mood (linguistics)|mood]], [[personal pronoun#Person and number|person]], or [[number (linguistics)|number]] of a [[verb]] or the [[grammatical number|number]], grammatical [[gender (linguistics)|gender]], or [[case (linguistics)|case]] of a noun, adjective, or [[pronoun]] without affecting the word's meaning or class ([[part of speech]]). Examples of applying inflectional morphemes to words are adding ''-s'' to the root ''dog'' to form ''dogs'' and adding ''-ed'' to ''wait'' to form ''waited''. An inflectional morpheme changes the form of a word. English has eight inflections.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://faculty.unlv.edu/nagelhout/ENG411Bs12C/mod1concept2.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130218050235/http://faculty.unlv.edu/nagelhout/ENG411Bs12C/mod1concept2.html| archive-date = 2013-02-18| work= ENG 411B | title =Module 1 Concepts: Inflectional Morpheme }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Matthew |first1=Baerman |title=The Morpheme |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199591428 |page=8 |url=https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199591428.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199591428-e-1?print=pdf |access-date=30 September 2019 |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616052307/https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199591428.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199591428-e-1?print=pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>