Larissa Ballardo

Dr. Fantuzzi
ENG 487-02

Project 2: Morphology

1. The mass movement of people and ideas has major consequences for education in the
United States. The current back-and-forth movement ideas and people replenishes
social and cultural practices. While previous generations of immigrants did have some
contact with their home countries, it was limited by the difficulty of travel and the lack
of efficient communication. For current immigrant communities, however, ethnic
media, telecommunications, and ease of travel can significantly change the nature of
the communities in which they settle. This is often very difficult for the native-born
population to accept, but the impact of current immigration on host communities is
undeniable (Garcia). Thus, the subject of immigration must be viewed as a dynamic
social phenomenon. Immigrants are both significantly changing the social context of
new communities while shaping the social realities in their home countries. (132 words)

2. Divide all of the words into content words and function words
Function words Content Words
The, of, and, has, for, in, the, the, and, and, Mass, movement, people, ideas, major,
of, did, have, some, with, their, it, was, by, consequences, education, United States,
the, of and, the, of, for, however, and, of, current, back-and- forth movement, ideas,
can, the, of, the in, which, they, this, is, very, people, replenishes, social, cultural,
for, the, to, but, the, of, on, is, thus, must, be, practices, while, previous, generations,
as, are, both, the, of, the, in, their immigrants, contact, home, countries,
limited, difficulty, travel, lack, efficient,
communication, ease, travel, significantly,
change, nature, communities, settle, often,
difficult, native-born, population, accept,
impact, current, immigration, host,
communities, undeniable, subject,
immigration, viewed, dynamic, social,
phenomenon, immigrants, significantly,
changing, social, context, new, communities,
shaping, social, realities, their, home,
countries

3. Compound Words: movement, native-born, however, United States

Complex (with recognizable English roots):

Movement, consequences, education, States, cultural, generations, immigrants, countries,

limited, communication, practices, communities, telecommunications, significantly,
population, undeniable, immigration, significantly, changing, shaping, realities, difficulty,
viewed, generations

4. From the complex words, separate the words that have derivational morphemes from
those that have inflectional suffixes.

Complex:

Inflectional
Consequences, united, states,
generations, immigrants, countries,
limited, practices, communities, shaping,
changing, realities, viewed
Derivational
Movement, education, cultural,
generations, communication,
telecommunications, significantly,
undeniable, immigration, difficulty

5. For all the derived words with recognizable English stems, give the word class of the
original word and of the derived word.

Stem Derivation
Move (V) Movement (N)
Educate (V) Education (N)
Culture (N) Cultural (Adj.)
Migrate (V) Immigrants (N)
Difficult (Adj.) Difficulty (Adj.)
Commune (N) Communication (N)
Commune (N) telecommunications (N)
Significant (Adj. significantly (adv.)
Populate (V) population (N)
Deny (V) undeniable (Adj.)
Real (Adj.) realities (N)
Generate (V) generations (N)

6. Now look for complex words that have Latin or Greek origins and divide them into their
morphemes. Create a chart of these complex words. Use an online etymology
dictionary.
Word Origin Root Affix (es)
contact Latin -tact, (touch, feel, con= with, jointly
try)
united Latin Uni- (one, single) -ed= verb or
adjective-making
suffix, used to form
past participle
Idea Latin or Greek idea (the result of a
mental process)
dynamic Greek Dyn-, (power, Ic=adjective-making
strength, force, suffix
mightiness)
previous Latin pre- (before (both -ous= full of having
in time and place) the qualities of
Generation Greek gen (birth, ation=noun-making
production, suffix
formation, kind)
immigration Latin migrat- (to remove, -ation= noun-
to wander, moving, making suffix
to move away, to
depart from one
place to another
place)
communication Latin com (common, -ation= noun-
universal, public) making suffix
subject Latin -ject (throw, send) sub-= prefix for
beneath
current Latin Curr- (run) -ent= adj.-making
suffix signifying
action
consequences Latin sequ- (follow, con-
followed, (Prefix=together,
following) with)
ethnic Greek ethn- (people, race, -ic= (suffix=
tribe, nation pertaining to, of the
nature of, like)
Replenish Latin ple- (fill, full) -ish= suffix
meaning,
characteristic of,
like, tending to
media Latin medi- (middle)
 telecommunications Latin commu- (common, tele-= (Greek, far
universal, public) away, far off, at a
distance)
-ation= suffix=
(action, act,
process, state, or
condition)
phenomenon Greek phenomeno- (to -on= noun-making
show, to appear, or suffix
to display)

Social Latin social-= -al= Adj.-making

(interpersonal suffix
relationships, living
with others, allied,
associated)
cultural Latin -cult (to dwell, to -al= adj. making-
inhabit) suffix

context Latin -text (to weave, con- = prefix (with)

woven; to variant of com-
structure, to make)

7. Make a morpheme map for one of your Greek or Latin roots.

Prefix Root Word

sub= below subject
re= again reject
inter= between interject
ob= inversely object
e= missing -ject= to throw eject
de= opposite of deject
tra= across traject
pro= forward project
In= into inject
 MORPHEME MAP

Subject reject interject

Subjected rejected interjected
Subjective rejection interjection
Subjecting

Object Word Root eject

Word Root
objective ject ejection
ject
objected ejectable
objection

Project inject traject

projected injects trajected
projectile injected trajectory
projection injecting
projectionist injection
projects