Choose a speaker from a non-English-speaking region of the world and post the name of the recording in the forum on Moodle. Select 30 words from the text. Place the highlighted words in column 1, then place a + between morphemes.

Assignment: Morphology Data Collection

Purpose

The morphology assignment serves as an example of how morphemes can be understood and identified in practical, day-to-day communication.  An awareness of morphemes, and the ability to recognize and label them, can result in a better understanding of how our English language works.

Procedure

1. Visit the International Dialects of English Archive. (http://www.dialectsarchive.com/)
2. Choose a speaker from a non-English-speaking region of the world and post the name of the recording in the forum on Moodle.  Make sure that nobody else in your class is using the same speaker.
3. Select 30 words from the text.  For this assignment, you will use the written sample.  For future assignments, you will use the recording.
4. Place the highlighted words in column 1, then place a + between morphemes.
5. In column 2 describe the types of morphemes.
6. In column 3 list at least two words which have the same root or stem and give their grammatical functions.  You must use the three column format.
7. Include the APA style reference for the website.

Resources

• Fromkin Chapter 2: Free and bound (p. 39); derivational (p. 44); inflectional (p. 46); classification chart (p. 48); compound words and blends (p. 56)

Example