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The differences between lexical and inflectional morphology Analogous to the difficulties in defining the term "word", is the great deal of difficulty involved in differentiating between lexical and inflectional morphology. In order to contrast these two morphologies we must, of course define them. As is customary, everything is simple to start with. Lexical morphology is the study of morphological relations among lexemes. Fundamentally it deals with the relationship between complex and simple lexemes. Try, for example, is a simple lexeme, it cannot be broken down into simpler morphological elements. A more complex lexeme would be trying. In addition, there are compound lexemes, an example being swordfish. Different lexemes have separate entries and different definitions in the dictionary. Inflectional morphology, on the other hand, is concerned with the relationship within paradigms. A paradigm, here, are the forms of the same lexeme. These include the past, plural and possessive. A paradigm does...

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