Examples of Bound Morphemes and their Types:
1. Suffixes:
* -ing (present participle): "walk" -> "walking" (verb)
* -ed (past tense): "walk" -> "walked" (verb)
* -er (comparative adjective): "tall" -> "taller" (adjective)
* -est (superlative adjective): "tall" -> "tallest" (adjective)
* -ly (adverb): "quick" -> "quickly" (adverb)
* -ness (noun): "happy" -> "happiness" (noun)
Type: Inflectional (change grammatical function)
2. Prefixes:
* un- (negation): "happy" -> "unhappy" (adjective)
* re- (again): "do" -> "redo" (verb)
* pre- (before): "view" -> "preview" (verb)
* mis- (wrong): "understand" -> "misunderstand" (verb)
Type: Derivational (create a new word with a different meaning)
3. Infixes:
* -ing- (colloquial, informal): "fan" -> "fan-ing-tastic" (adjective)
* -o- (informal, slang): "awesome" -> "awes-o-me" (adjective)
Type: Derivational (create a new word with a different meaning)
4. Stems:
* -ceive: "receive", "deceive", "conceive" (verb)
* -ject: "reject", "inject", "project" (verb)
* -mit: "submit", "permit", "commit" (verb)
Type: Not typically considered a "free" morpheme on its own, but rather a base component that other morphemes are attached to.
5. Root Morphemes:
* "cat" (animal)
* "run" (action)
* "love" (emotion)
Type: These are considered the core meaning of the word and cannot stand alone.
Important Note: There are no hard-and-fast rules about which bound morphemes are "inflectional" and which are "derivational". While some generally fall into these categories, there can be overlaps and exceptions.
This list provides some examples of bound morphemes and their types. You can find more specific examples by looking up individual words and their morphology.