IGNOU BEGE 102 2026 2027 - Explain the difference between inflectional and derivational affixes.

Question

Explain the difference between inflectional and derivational affixes. Give examples.

27 Jul 2026

Answer :

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Affixes are bound morphemes that are added to a root or base word to modify its meaning or grammatical function. In Modern English, affixes are mainly classified into two categories: inflectional affixes and derivational affixes. Although both are attached to words, they differ significantly in their purpose, effect on meaning, grammatical role, and productivity. Inflectional affixes are used to express grammatical relationships without changing the basic meaning or the word class of the base word. They indicate grammatical features such as tense, number, possession, comparison, or agreement. English has only eight inflectional suffixes, making its inflectional system relatively simple compared to many other languages. These include -s for plural nouns (book → books), -’s for possession (boy → boy’s), -s for the third-person singular present tense (run → runs), -ed for the past tense (walk → walked), -en or -ed for the past participle

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