Ana Rodriguez

ENG487-02
April 7, 2015
Project #2: Morphology
Part I
Becoming American
Becoming Ethnic
College Students Explore Their Roots
Edited by: Thomas Dublin
Introduction: Revising U.S. Immigration History
During the years that I have taught about immigration and ethnicity in the United States, these
essays have become increasingly diverse in tandem with the readings I have assigned to
students. When I began teaching this course in January 1977, American immigration was
treated by historians as an almost exclusively European Phenomenon. The available historical
writings were commonly organized in terms of first and second waves of immigration, a
conceptualization of that field that assumes the overwhelming importance of European
immigration. There were scattered writings about Chinese and Japanese immigration, but they
were more focused on dominant, white attitudes toward Asians than on the actual experiences
of Asian immigrants themselves. The years since I began teaching this course have seen both a
dramatic growth in contemporary immigration and a reconceptualization of immigration as a
worldwide, rather than simply a European, phenomenon. There is now an extensive
bibliography that permits one to integrate Asian and Latin American immigration into the
course. It has truly become a multicultural course over the past two decades. (page 3)

Part II
Function Words
their by and in the these have become with I
to when began this was as an almost were
first second a of that there about but they
more on toward than themselves since seen
both is now one into it has over past two

Content Words
becoming American ethnic college students
explore roots introduction revising
immigration historian United States essays
increasingly diverse tandem readings assigned
teaching course January treated historians
exclusively European phenomenon available
historical writings commonly organized terms
waves conceptualization field assumes
overwhelming importance scattered Chinese
Japanese focused dominant attitudes
experiences teaching dramatic contemporary

reconceptualization worldwide simply

extensive bibliography permits integrate
multicultural decades
Part III
Compound Words
United States
Overwhelming
Worldwide
Themselves

Complex Words
Multicultural becoming introduction revising
immigration ethnicity increasingly readings
teaching historians exclusively European
historical writings commonly
conceptualization overwhelming importance
immigrants dramatic growth
reconceptualization simply extensive

Part IV
Inflectional
Becoming students roots edited revising
during years essays readings assigned
teaching treated writings organized scattered
focused experiences themselves growth
permits decades

Part V
Stem
Migrate (V)
Ethnic (ADJ)
Increase (V)
History (N)
Exclude (V)
History (N)
Common (ADJ)
Concept (N)
Important (ADJ)
Migrate (V)
Drama (N)
Concept (N)
Simple (ADJ)
Extent (N)
Culture
(N)
True (ADJ)

Derivational
Immigration ethnicity increasingly historians
exclusively historical commonly
conceptualization importance immigrants
dramatic reconceptualization simply
extensive truly multicultural

Derivational
Immigration (N)
Ethnicity (N)
Increasingly (ADJ)
Historians (N)
Exclusively (ADV)
Historical (ADJ)
Commonly (ADV)
Conceptualization (N)
Importance (N)
Immigrants (N)
Dramatic (ADJ)
Reconceptualization (N)
Simply (ADV)
Extensive (ADJ)
Multicultural (ADJ)
Truly (ADV)

Part VI
Word
Multicultural
Introduction

Origin
Latin
Latin

Root
Cult- to care for
Duc- to lead

Immigration
Ethnicity

Latin
Greek

Migr- to move away

Ethn- people, race,
tribe

Part VII
Prefix
Agri- fields; wild, savage
Api- bee
Aqua- water, watery solution
Bi- two, double
Multi- much, many
Psycho- mind, spirit; the
human soul

Root
Cult- to care for
Cult- to care for
Cult- to care for
Cult- to care for
Cult- to care for
Cult- to care for

Affix (es)
Multi- much, many
Intro- between
Tion- suffix forming
nouns from verbs of
condition and action
Ation- action, act
Ity- act, state, quality

Word
Agriculture
Apiculture
Aquaculture
Bicultural
Multicultural
Psychoculture

Agricultur
e
Agricultur
al
Psychocultu
re
Psychocultu
ral

Cult
(Latin)
-to care
for
Multicultur
al

Biculture
Bicultural
Biculturali
sm

Apicultur
e
Apicultur
al
Apiculturi
st

Aquacultur
e
Aquacultur
al
Aquacultur
ist