Morphology and Syntax: Morpheme, Root, and Productivity in Affix
Morphology is a discussion about the structure of word. Syntax is a discussion about the linguistics unit which are bigger than words, which are; phrases, clauses, and sentences. Why morphology and syntax are connected each other? Because in grammar, a popular term or discussion of linguistic, morphology and syntax become important in that area. Morpheme is element of word. Word is an utterance which is consist at least of one root and one root plus another element. There are two types of morphemes; Free morpheme Free morpheme is a morpheme that which can stand alone as a word without another morpheme. For example; cat, house, cook, teach, imagine, and so on... Bound morpheme Bound morpheme is a morpheme which cannot stand alone as a word. Bound morpheme doesn't have any independent meaning, and it needs the help of a free morpheme to form a new word. The ' -s ' in cats is a bound morpheme, and it doesn't have any meaning without the free morpheme. Usually in the form...