but rather must be attached to a free morpheme whenever we say it.
Some morphemes are roots; others are affixes.
Root: The primary piece of meaning in a word, to which affixes can be added. In English, a root is often a word itself.
Affix: A morpheme which attaches to roots (or stems), changing their meaning in regular ways.
Affixes are generally either prefixes or suffixes.
Prefix: An affix that goes before a root.
Suffix: An affix that goes after a root.
Null morpheme: A null morpheme is a morpheme that is realized by a phonologically null affix (an empty string of phonological segments). In simpler terms, a null morpheme is an "invisible" affix. It's also called zero morphemes. The null morpheme is represented as either the figure zero (0), the empty set symbol Ø.
Inflection: The process by which affixes combine with roots to indicate basic grammatical categories such as tense or plurality (e.g. in 'cat-s', 'talk-ed', '-s' an d'-ed' are inflectional suffixes). Inflection is viewed as the process of adding very general meanings to existing words, not as the creation of new words.
Derivation: The process by which affixes combine with roots to create new words (e.g. in 'modern-ize', 'read-er', '-ize' and '-er' are derivational suffixes).Derivation is viewed as using existing words to make new words.
Now from the dialogues of the movie I will find out the morpheme.
“It's a simple fact that not everyone is destined to claim their page in the history books.”
From the sentence we get the words ‘simple, fact, that, not, everyone, is, destined, to, claim, their, page, in, the, history’ and all these words contain only 1 morpheme but the word ‘books’ contains 2 morphemes ‘ book + s’. Here ‘book’ is the root and ‘s’ is inflection.
Another dialogue from the movie:
“But a lot of people are willing to pay for a piece of it.
Popo, you are about to break the NFL single-season sack record, and when you do, you deserve to cash in, plain and simple. That's where Seven Figures Management comes in. We make sure that when you reach a career milestone like that, that you are rewarded for that achievement, in short, that you get paid very well. Now, my question to you, Popo, is Will you let me help you do that?
Here the words “ but, lot, of, people, are, to, pay, for, a, piece, it, you, about, break, single, season, sack, record, when, do, deserve, cash, in, plain, and, that, where, seven, we, make, sure, reach, career, like, short, very, well, now, question, let, help” contains only 1 morpheme. The words “willing, figures, management, milestone, comes, rewarded, achievement” contains 2 morphemes. Here, Willing= will + ing. Here, ‘will’ is the root word and ‘ing’ is inflection. Figures= figure + s. Here, ‘figure’ is the root word and ‘s’ is inflection. Comes= come + s. Here, ‘come’ is root word and ‘s’ is inflection. Rewarded= reward + ed. Here, ‘reward’ is root word and ‘ed’ is inflection. Management= manage + ment. Here, ‘manage’ is root word and ‘ment’ is suffix. Achievement= achieve + ment. Same as ‘management’. Milestone= mile + stone. Here, both are root
word. Again, from another dialogue: That is good news, Popo. Why are we wasting time in here? Let me go get your paperwork started, and then I'll introduce you to your new team. Cool.
Here the words “ good, time, here, go, get, introduce, team, cool” contains 1 morphemes only. The words” wasting, paperwork, started” each contains 2 morphemes. Here, Wasting= waste + Ing. ‘waste’ root word and ‘ing’ inflection. Started= start + ed. Same as ‘wasting’. Paperwork= paper + work. Both are root word. Again, from another dialogue “That will ensure maximum exposure of talent to press. See, once we go over there and find these guys, we bring them back here, we train them in LA, and then we get them signed with a professional franchise.” Here, the words” will, ensure, maximum, talent, press, once, over, there, find, bring, back, train, get, franchise” contains 1 morpheme. The words “professional, guys, signed, exposure” contains 2 morphemes. Here, Professional= profession + al. “profession” is the root word and “al” is Suffix. Guys= guy + s. “guy” is root word and “s” is inflection. Signed= sign + ed. “sign” root word “ed” is inflection. Exposure= expose + ure. “expose” root word and “ure” suffix.
Morphological Analysis
Name: S.M Rezwan Habib Alif ID: 13303019