A morpheme is the minimum unit that can be analyzed and that has grammatical meaning.
The first thing we have to establish about the term morpheme is that it has its etymological origin in Greek. Thus we can clearly verify that it emanates from the Greek morpheme , which in turn is composed of two perfectly established parts.
In this way, on the one hand there is the word morfe , which can be translated as "form", and on the other hand we find the suffix -ma , which is equivalent to "result of action."
What is a morpheme
Morpheme is, in the field of linguistics , the minimum analyzable unit that has grammatical meaning . For example: I , no , him .
The morpheme, therefore, is a dependent monemme capable of expressing meaning . When it is attached to a lexeme (non-dependent lexeme), the morpheme is the reference.
It could be said that the morpheme is the variable part of a word, which is composed, from a grammatical point of view, of morphemes and lexemes. The morpheme provides the grammatical value and is always associated with the lexeme, which has semantic value. Both the morpheme and the lexeme can be decomposed into phonemes, the minimal units of phonology that have no meaning (either grammatical or semantic).
Classification according to type
It is common to talk about what grammatical morphemes are. We can establish that they can be divided into three large groups. Thus, specifically, we come across the following:
Gender morphemes. They are those that, as their name indicates, help us know if the word in question before us is masculine or feminine.
Number morphemes. In their case, what they do is help us know if a word is singular or plural.
Endings. Under this name are the morphemes that are added to the lexeme of verbs and that serve to indicate both the person and the time, the manner or the number.
Morphemes are dependent monemes.
Independent, dependent and free morphemes
Among morphemes, several types can also be distinguished according to the way in which they are joined to the word. Independent morphemes or clitic morphemes are those that admit a certain phonological independence with respect to the lexeme (such as prepositions, conjunctions and determiners).
Dependent morphemes or bound morphemes , on the other hand, are always linked to another monemme to complete their meaning. There are two subtypes of dependent morphemes: derivative ones (which add nuances to the meaning and act in different semantic fields) and inflectional ones (signal accidents and grammatical relationships).
Derivative dependent morphemes , on the other hand, can be classified into prefixes (they are placed before the lexeme), infixes (they have no semantic content) or suffixes (they are placed before the lexeme).
Free morphemes , finally, are those that can appear as independent words. For example: light , sea , peace , flower , sun .
a theater group
In addition to all this we have to explain that there is a group called Morfema. Specifically, it is a theater group from the Canary Islands.
This group carries out the staging of both works aimed at a more children's audience and others for adults. More accurately they represent the following shows: «Lazarillo de Tormes», «Patito Feo», «Cantos Canarios»…