inflexional or derivational ?

[Laziza]

What is the function of "ing" as a type of morpheme in the following sentence:
"My mother is always car*ing* and support*ing* "

Here, -ing forms adjectives from verbs. So, I'm saying it as derivational morpheme. But my teacher is saying it as inflexional. Which one is right?

[Piscean]

I'm with you on that one.

[jutfrank]

I suppose you could analyse them in both ways, but I think it makes more sense to think of caring and supporting as adjectives, which makes the -ing morphemes derivational.

Did you ask your teacher why he/she thinks otherwise? He/she must have a good reason.

[teechar]

In that sentence, "supporting" cannot be a verb, since "support" is a transitive verb. Therefore, those "-ings" are derivational.