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Define morphological inflection and give one short worked example.

# Morphological Inflection **Morphological inflection** is the systematic modification of a word to express grammatical categories (like tense, number, person, case, gender) without changing its core meaning or part of speech. ## Worked Example: English Verb "walk" **Base form:** walk **Inflected forms:** - **walks** — 3rd person singular present (adds -s) - **walked** — past tense (adds -ed) - **walking** — progressive aspect (adds -ing) **How it works:** The verb "walk" changes form to show when the action occurs or who performs it: - "I **walk**" vs. "She **walks**" (person/number) - "I **walk**" vs. "I **walked**" (tense) The core meaning of "moving on foot" remains constant across all forms—only the grammatical information changes. The word stays a verb throughout.