morphemes DOCX

Title	morphemes
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Procedures Step1: Preparation (pre-assessment activity/ Brain Storming) What is Morphology? The term morphology is Greek and is a makeup of morph- meaning 'shape, form', and - ology which means 'the study of something'. Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the structu...

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Procedures Step1: Preparatoo pre-assessmeot activtt/ Bravo Stormvog) What is Morphology? The term morphology is Greek and is a makeup of morph- meaning 'shape, form', and -ology which means 'the study of something'. Morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure of words. Other Languages and Morphology: English Morphology is in fact very dull in comparison to that of other languages. In Turkish, for example, a huge array of words can be created by adding suffixes to just one root, and because of this the number of words in the language is very high. The morphology of other languages also seems to be more rule governed- for example, in Turkish the use of suffixes is dependent on 'vowel harmony'. What is Word? Words are the smallest free-standing forms that represent meaning. Any word can be cited as an isolated item. It can serve as the headword in a dictionary list. It can be quoted. It can be combined with other words to form phrases and sentences. In general, the word is the smallest unit of sentence composition and the smallest unit that we are aware of when we consciously try to create sentences. However, there are even smaller units that carry the fundamental meanings of a language, and words are made up of these units. These units are morphemes....