Word Structure

Prepared by:
Nurul Fatin Bt. Ramli
Zuliyana Bt. Hassan
Seow Lee Fern
• A word is not a morpheme. It has an
internal structure.
• Words aren't combined randomly to
form phrases and phrases do not
combine randomly to form
sentences. The structure of a
sentence is hierarchical.
• To visualise the hierarchical
structure of words we can use tree
diagram, just as we can with
sentences and grammar. For
instance, a tree for the word
• "churchyard" would look like this:
 Example: unsystematic
• Adjective

un Adjective

noun
atic

system
 Example: unlockable
Adjective

un Adjective

Verb
able

lock