MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FREE AND BOUND MORPHEMES IN THE ALBUM ENGLISH SONG LYRICS MAHER ZAIN: FORGIVE ME

Abstract

This study has examined the linguistic behaviors of free and bound morphemes in the song lyrics of "forgive me" by Maher Zain. In this study, the outcomes are verbally described, employing a qualitative descriptive methodology. There are 7 English song lyrics were used as the data source. The data was analyzed by reducing the data, presenting, and conclusions. The aim was to analyze the free morphemes and bound morphemes in the lyrics to the album song Maher Zain. The study's findings included, among other things, that the researchers were attempting to demonstrate that learning a morphological analysis on free and bound morphemes is not challenging because it is simple to identify the linguistic behaviors of free and bound morphemes, particularly in relation to free morphemes and bound morphemes with the process.