Learning Morphology

Compiled by Giyatmi
 A brief of morphology
• Morphology is the branch of linguistics that
focused on the study of structure and
formation of words in a language.
• the purposes of learning morphology
 what the words in a language are.
 what the function of words.
 how the words can be formed.
• The advantages of learning English
morphology.
 the knowledge of morphology can be applied
among the learners to increase our vocabulary.
 detect the changes of word classes.
 know the word origins and enhances our mind to
think creatively.
steps that must be followed to learn morphology easily
for EFL Learners. (Laura Payne, 2011. Page : 1)

1. Knowing what morpheme is.

2. Understanding how individual morpheme carries
meaning.
3. Knowing different type of morpheme.
4. Knowing that free morphemes are classified into open
and close class.
5. Understanding that bound morphemes are classified
as inflectional and derivational affixes or roots
6. Practicing breaking the words into the morphemes
from which they are built.