Quelimane Branch

Open and Distance Education Department

Honours Degree in English Language Teaching

Morphology Study Guide

Level Mode Year Academic Semester Academic Study Tutor

Year Credits Hours

II Distance Education 2 2018 2 6 64 Joaquim Vinte

Dear student!

Welcome to the English Morphology module! This Study Guide brings the guidelines and the calendar of the discussions about this module. No pre-
requisite is required to attend this subject.

1. What are the subject outcomes?

On completion of this module, students should be able:

To know the word formation processes;
To develop capacities in order to relate morphology knowledge with Phonology.
To use morphology knowledge to teach vocabulary.

2. Why will you study English Morphology Module?

This Module will enable you, as English Language Teacher as well as the user of language/s, to distinguish Word from lexeme. This will take you to the
discussion about word formation processes which will help you to expand your vocabulary and get what each morpheme mean in a word and get the
whole meaning of it in case you find complex words.

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In our discussions, you will be equipped with the knowledge which will help you to distinguish grammatical conditioning from phonological when
choosing allomorphs. Finally you will also be able to characterize affixes according to their lexical strata.

3. What type of material will be available for this Module?

- Since there is no Module for this subject we will use Katamba and Stonhan and Stonhan (2006) and Bauer (2003) as the basic resource for most of
our discussions. This does not mean that you should limit yourself to these books, there are many other books, articles as well as online videos that
you can use for your study.

- Some material will be available to you via platform. Please, make sure you get the sources that will enable you to follow our progress in this
module. Do not keep your queries for tomorrow as it might be very late.

4. How is this subject going to be assessed?

- In this module you will write two tests, and two additional online tests for your self-study assessment. The local tutor will ensure that you submit an
assignment for assessment purpose before the end of the semester.
- At the end of the semester, you will write a Final Exam and a Resit Exam (for those who might need it).
- It will not be possible for us to consider the interactions via e-mail as part of our assessments.

5. With whom are you going to work?

i. The subject specific Tutor (Joaquim Vinte) who is also a lecturer at the Department of Language Sciences, Communication and Arts, in
Linguistics area is going to bring in details the content through the Platform as well as the way the subject will be monitored including the
submission of the written works, the written tests and the participations in the platform debates, all with evaluative purpose.

ii. A general/local tutor who will be available at CEaD will assist you for good interaction with the specific tutor; he/she will help you in your
studies, time management and how to do all the activities taking place at CEaD.
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 iii. Classmates: Distance Learning can be a lonely activity therefore, I strongly suggest you, as a way of keeping motivated, to create a studying
group or joining an existing one. Interacting with other students is an important tool for this type of studies taking into consideration that this can
help you get rid of any problems/doubts before addressing them to the tutors. You will be asked to discuss, either in the class, guided by the
General Tutor or in the Platform, interacting with the Specific Tutor. Working as a team can help in your performance.

Week/ Online activities activities Biblio-

Unit / Contents
Date graphy
Preparing and organizing the Upload of material and study - Creation and Configuration of the courses
module’s contents as well as online guide in AVA and classes in AVA Moodle;
activities - Elaboration of Study Guides and their
Availability in AVA Moodle; its delivery to
16th - 27th the Course and to DEaD;
July
- Production and Selection Criteria of
support materials and their upload in AVA
Moodle;

- Introductory Tutorial at Resource Centres:

Introductory tutorial at CEAD
- Introduction to Morphology
- Definition and object of study of
morphology
28th - 29th - The place of morphology in the scope
July of linguistics.
- Importance to the language teacher.
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Interaction through the
platform and answer the
exercise in:
- Bauer (p. 20-21 Exer. 1, 2,
and 3)
- Training of Students and General Tutors
1, 4,5
Discuss in your groups and answer the
questions below:
- Plag (p. 24, Exer.1 - 1.1);
- Katamba and Stonhan (p. 40, Exer. 1. i. )

- What is a word?

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Exer. = Exercise/s
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 Introduction to word structure Participate in the Forums After reading and discussing about this topic 2, 3
- The lexeme debate and respond to questions see the tasks in:
30th July - - Word form in:
5th August - The Grammatical word - Bauer (p. 20-21 Exer. 1, 2, - Plag (p. 24, Exer.2 - 1.1);
and 3) - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 40, Exer. 1. i. )

- Morphemes, morphs and allomorphs. React to the questions on the Read about morphemes… 2, 3
6th - 10th platform as well as those in: - Bauer (p. 21 Exer. 4, 5)
August - Katamba and Stonhan (p. - Plag (p. 24, Exercises 1.2);
40, Exe. 2, 3, and 4)
11th – 12th - General Tutorial at CEAD (Saturday - Participation in the forum Discuss the activities given in the last two
August and Sunday) and chat weeks
Introduction to word structure React to forums’ topics and Test your understanding by answering the
13th - 19th - Grammatical conditioning, lexical see: following questions:
2, 4, 5
conditioning and suppletion. - Katamba and Stonhan (p. - Bauer (p. 21 Exer. 4, 5)
August
40, Exe. 2, 3, and 4 ) - Plag (p. 24, Exercises 1.2);
Types of Morphemes  Discussions on the Platform - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 65, Exer. 1, 2.
th
20 - 24 th - Roots; a., b., c. )
1, 2
- Affixes, roots stems and bases;
August
- Stem extenders;
General Tutorial at CEAD (Saturday - Participation in the forum Discuss the activities given in the last
25th – 26th and Sunday and chat two weeks
August
Types of Morphemes Active participation in See: 3, 4
27th August online discussion - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 65, Exer. 1, 2.
- 2nd Sept. - Inflectional Morphemes a., b., c. )

- Derivational morphemes; Answer questions related to Find exer. in: 2, 4

3rd - 7th derivational morphemes in the - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 65, Exer. 1, 2.
September forums a., b., c. )

Participation in the Forums and General discussion related to all the topics
8th – 9th
Special Tutorial at CEAD Chats presented in the last weeks
September

2
Exer. = Exercise/s
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 Types of Morphemes Discuss about affixation See: 3, 4, 5
th th
10 - 14 - Multiple affixation; and conversion in the - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 66. Exer. 4
September - Conversion forums.
- Bauer (p. 252. Exer. 1)
Test 1 (contact) at CEAD (Saturday and  Prepare for the test by You should organize individual summary as
th
15 - 16 th Sunday) answering the online a way of preparing for the test.
September questions which will make
part of your online test
- Compounding; Read and present the answers - Bauer (p. 252. Exer. 1) 3, 4, 5
17th - 23rd of this question on the platform
September - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 66.
Exer. 4
- Morphological typology; Discuss the classification of Find the task bellow and complete it. 3, 4, 5
th th - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 66. Exer. 4
24 - 30 different languages based on
September their characteristics.
- Bauer (p. 252. Exer. 1)
Morphology and its relation to - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 110. Exer. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
st th
1 - 5 phonology. - Forum discussions and 3)
October - Lexical phonology and
morphology model;
- Lexical strata.

6th and 7th

Scientific Workshops at CEaD (Saturday and Sunday)
October
Morphology and its relation to Katamba and Stonhan (p. 110. Exer. 1, 2, 1, 3, 4
8th - 14th phonology. Forum discussions and 3)
October - Derivational in lexical
morphology;
- Inflection in lexical morphology
Insights from lexical morphology Online Discussion and exer. in: - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 131. Exer. 1, 2, 1, 4, 5.
15th - 19th - Stratum ordering reflecting Bauer (p. 195. Exer. 1) 3, and 4)
October morpheme sequencing - Plag (p. 87. Exer. 3.5)

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 20th - 21st – General Tutorial at CEAD - Participation in the forum Discuss the activities given in the last
October and chat two weeks
Insights from lexical morphology Forum discussions - Katamba and Stonhan (p. 131. Exer. 1, 2, 1, 4, 5.
22nd - 28th - Stratum ordering and productivity 3, and 4) - Plag (p. 87. Exer. 3.5)
October - Stratum ordering and conversion - Bauer (p. 195. Exer. 1)
29th Oct. 2nd
Nov. Distance Tutorial, Revision and Preparation for Test 2
rd
3 and 4 th
2nd Written Test (contact) at CEAD
November
5th - 11th – Correction of Test 2 and final results
November
24th - 25th – FINAL Exams at CEaD (Saturday and Sunday)
November

26th - 30th
November Final Exams Correction and results

1st - 2nd Resit Exams at CEaD (Saturday and Sunday)

December
3rd to 20th – RESIT Exams at CEaD
December
Bibliography:

1. ARONOFF, Mark and FUDEMAN, Kirsten. What is Morphology. 2nd ed., Sussex, Blackwell, 2011.
2. BAUER, Laurie. Introducing Linguistic Morphology. 2nd ed., Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2003.
3. HASPELMATH, Martin and SIMS, Andrea D. Understanding Morphology. 2nd ed., London, Hodder Education, an Hachette UK Company, 2010.
4. KATAMBA, Francis and STONHAN, John. Morphology. 2nd ed. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
5. PLAG, Ingo. Word-formation in English. Cambridge, CUP, 2002.
July 2018