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What is the importance of studying the morphemes for English teachers?
Before explaining the importance of morphemes for English teachers is necessary to know what amorpheme is. According to Stageberg (1971, p.85), a morpheme is a short segment of language that meets three criteria: a) It is a word or a part of a word that has meaning; b) It cannot be divided intosmaller meaningful parts without violation of its meaning; c) and it recurs in different verbal environments with a relatively stable meaning. Therefore, taking into consideration these criteria, allwords are formed by morphemes which are divided into free morphemes (segments of language that may stand alone or combine with other morphemes) and bound morphemes (segments of language that are alwaysattached to other morphemes), making the first ones the basis or root of a word. For instance, the word brighten has two morphemes: bright and –en.
Example: bright = light / -en = make =make light
According to this /-en / is a part of a word that has meaning. It cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units and it recurs with a stable meaning in words like: cheapen, darken,soften, etc. (Stageberg, 1971, p.86).
In relation to the question, English teachers as any other who teaches a language need to understand the importance of morphemes in any language. Theyare extremely important because they are the basis of words and without morphemes there will not be words. Morphemes are like the beginning of a chain that ends in the discourse. In other words, theyare the true essence in a language, in this case the English language.
It is a requirement for an English teacher to know or, at least, to comprehend the rules of grammar related toword formation when teaching English. This will give him / her the tools to explain to the students any doubt they could have in relation to a word. For instance, it is well known that words are formed...
What is the importance of studying the morphemes for English teachers?
Before explaining the importance of morphemes for English teachers is necessary to know what amorpheme is. According to Stageberg (1971, p.85), a morpheme is a short segment of language that meets three criteria: a) It is a word or a part of a word that has meaning; b) It cannot be divided intosmaller meaningful parts without violation of its meaning; c) and it recurs in different verbal environments with a relatively stable meaning. Therefore, taking into consideration these criteria, allwords are formed by morphemes which are divided into free morphemes (segments of language that may stand alone or combine with other morphemes) and bound morphemes (segments of language that are alwaysattached to other morphemes), making the first ones the basis or root of a word. For instance, the word brighten has two morphemes: bright and –en.
Example: bright = light / -en = make =make light
According to this /-en / is a part of a word that has meaning. It cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units and it recurs with a stable meaning in words like: cheapen, darken,soften, etc. (Stageberg, 1971, p.86).
In relation to the question, English teachers as any other who teaches a language need to understand the importance of morphemes in any language. Theyare extremely important because they are the basis of words and without morphemes there will not be words. Morphemes are like the beginning of a chain that ends in the discourse. In other words, theyare the true essence in a language, in this case the English language.
It is a requirement for an English teacher to know or, at least, to comprehend the rules of grammar related toword formation when teaching English. This will give him / her the tools to explain to the students any doubt they could have in relation to a word. For instance, it is well known that words are formed...
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