by Dr. Garforth | Jun 15, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememoday everyone! I hope you are having a great day. For anyone new to morphology, you can learn more about what morphemes are here. This week we are featuring an Old English prefix, twin Latin roots, and a Greek suffix. Origin: Old English Definition:...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 8, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! This week we have a special treat! This is a guest post from a linguistics expert Gina Cooke. When I was working on a #morphememonday post I was wondering when is <i> considered to be a connector vowel and when is it considered to...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 1, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope everyone is staying well and taking care. This week the prefix we are featuring has two different meanings and can trace its origins back to Old English, Latin and Greek! Origin: Latin/Old English Definition: in, on, to Examples:...
by Dr. Garforth | May 26, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope everyone is staying well and keeping safe. This week we are going to focus on some of the more common Latin morphemes in the English language. These are all ones that students should be taught because of how frequently they...
by Dr. Garforth | May 11, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! Alright, now back to this week’s morphemes. As a reminder, a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in the English language. A prefix is a morpheme found at the beginning of a word. A root is a morpheme that provides the...
by Dr. Garforth | May 4, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays, Reading Science
What is Morphological Awareness? Morphological awareness is an understanding of the morphemic patterns in words and knowledge of what the morpheme means. The English language is full of polysyllabic words that contain prefixes and suffixes to extend and expand the...
