AUTONOMOUS TASK 2

Mateo Fuentes

Gabriel Lazo

Morphological Elements

Textbook: English Level B1

INDEX

DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 3

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Table Morphological Elements of textbook “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS’ BOOK” .................. 4
3. Graphic Morphological Elements of textbook “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS’ BOOK” .............. 8
4. Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 8
5. Interpretation.................................................................................................................................. 8
6. Bibliography .................................................................................................................................... 9
7. Annexes ........................................................................................................................................... 9
DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY

1. Introduction
- Morphology
- Derivational Morphology
- Verbs from Verbs
- Verbs from Nouns
- Nouns from Adjectives

To review the content, people need to know some concepts or vocabulary to understand
the topic. Morphology is the study of words and their parts, and the study of morphology is
composed of morphemes, which is the smallest unit of morphology, and morphemes can be
divided into root, free morpheme and bound morpheme. The free morpheme is the word that
has meaning without the help of any other component, in other words, it is the root of the word,
and the bound morpheme is the word that does not have meaning by itself because it needs the
help of a free morpheme.

The bound morphemes are considered affixes, and these can be divided into prefixes
and suffixes; the prefixes are the bound morphemes that are located at the beginning of the free
morphemes, for example: "<un> + <usual>", where "usual" is an adjective, and adding "un"
only changes the meaning, but it is an adjective. Then, suffixes are bound morphemes that are
located at the end of the free morpheme, for example: <stop>+<able>, where "stop" is a verb,
but adding "able" changes it into an adjective.

From these concepts, derivational morphology deals with a type of relationship between
lexemes. Derivational morphology is the conversion in which a lexeme belonging to a word
moves from one grammatical category to another without any form. There are many ways of
changing from one category to another with the use of suffixes or prefixes. In the next part,
there is a table of different examples of derivational morphemes where there are some changes,
for example, “verbs derived from Nouns” have one prefix (<de->) and two suffixes: (<-ise>,
<-ify>); other example are “Nouns derived from Adjectives” where there are three suffixes: <-
ily>, <-ness>, <-ism>
Objective: To analyze the morphological elements of the textbook “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1
STUDENTS’ BOOK”

2. Table Morphological Elements of textbook “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS’

BOOK”

N Words Derivational Morphology Page

Verbs Nouns
V from V V from N N from Adj.
re- un- de- dis- de- -ise -ify -ity -ness -ism
Rediscover
1 <re> + <discover> X 156
Review
2 <re> + <view> X 8
Research
3 <re> + <search> X 13
Recover
4 X 143
<re>+<cover>
Represent
5 X 16
<re>+<present>
Recycle
6 X 26
<re>+<cycle>
Reprocess
7 X 34
<re>+<process>
Replace
8 X 95
<re>+<place>
Reproduce
9 X 35
<re>+<produce>
Reconstruct
10 X 51
<re>+<construct>
Rewrite
11 X 67
<re>+<write>
Rephrase
12 X 154
<re>+<phrase>
React
13 X 45
<re>+<act>
 Release
14 <re>+<lease> X 40
Unplug
15 <un>+<plug> X 10
Unscramble
16 <un>+<scramble> X 27
Unable
17 <un>+<able> X 48
Delight
18 <de>+<light> X 68
Delay
19 <de>+<lay> X 86
Discover
20 <dis>+<cover> X 9
Display
21 <dis>+<play> X 36
Dislike
22 <dis>+<like> X 92
Disagree
23 <dis>+<agree> X 78
Discourage
24 <dis>+<courage> X 89
Descend
25 <des> + <scend> X 74
Design
26 <de> + <sign> X 55
Advertise
27 <advert> + <ise> X 71
Supervise
<supervisor> +
28 <ise> X 86
Identify
29 <ident> + <ify> X 7
Justify
30 <just> + <ify> X 13
Classify
31 <class> + <ify> X 24
Modify
32 <mod> + <ify> X 67
Clarify
33 <clear> + <ify> X 116
 Verify
34 <ver> + <ify> X 117
Possibility
35 <possible>+<ity> X 6
Personality
36 <personal>+<ity> X 6
Majority
37 <major>+<ity> X 13
Creativity
38 <creative>+<ity> X 13
Responsibility
<responsible>+<it
39 y> X 22
Community
40 <common>+<ity> X 23
Electricity
41 <electric>+<ity> X 34
Security
42 <secure>+<ity> X 36
Interactivity
<interactive>+<ity
43 > X 45
Activity
44 <active>+<ity> X 74
Ability
45 <able>+<ity> X 80
Connectivity
<connected>+<ity
46 > X 80
Credibility
47 <credible>+<ity> X 117
Obesity
48 <obese>+<ity> X 128
Availability
49 <available>+<ity> X 132
Mortality
50 <mortal>+<ity> X 149
Humanity
51 <human>+<ity> X 149
Individuality
<individual>+<ity
52 > X 160
Flexibility
53 <flexible>+<ity> X 165
Necessity
<necessary>+<ity
54 > X 171
55 Diversity X 68
 <diverse>+<ity>
Opportunity
<opportune>+<ity
56 > X 82
Business
57 <busy>+<ness> X 93
Illness
58 <ill>+<ness> X 96
Happiness
59 <happy>+<ness> X 42
Nervousness
<nervous>+<ness
60 > X 86
Richness
61 <rich>+<ness> X 87
Sickness
62 <sick>+<ness> X 96
Awareness
63 <aware>+<ness> X 138
Dizziness
64 <dizzy>+<ness> X 132
Consciousness
<conscious>+<nes
65 s> X 138
Fitness
66 <fit>+<ness> X 158
Heaviness
67 <heavy>+<ness> X 34
Organism
68 <organic>+<ism> X 86
Tourism
69 <tour>+<ism> X 150
Criticism
70 <critic>+<ism> X 175
TOTAL 14 3 2 5 2 2 6 22 11 3 70

Source: “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS’ BOOK”

Authors: Table produced by Gabriel Lazo and Mateo Fuentes.

3. Graphic Morphological Elements of textbook “ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS’
BOOK”

4. Analysis

This chart was obtained from "ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS' BOOK", where
there were 70 words that have the suffixes or prefixes that meet the grammatical category
target. In the chart, there are 24 "Verbs derived from Verbs" (100%), where the prefix <re->
has 58.33%, the prefix <un-> has 12.5%, the prefix <de-> has 8.33%, and the prefix <dis-> has
20.83%; on the other hand, there are 10 "Verbs derived from Nouns" (100%) where the suffix
<-ise> has 20%, the prefix <de-> has 20%, and the suffix <-ify> has 60%; finally, there are 36
"Nouns derived from Adjectives" (100%) where the suffix <-ism> has 8.33%, the suffix <-
ness> has 30.56%, and the suffix <-ity> has 61.11%.

5. Interpretation

The words obtained from "ENGLISH LEVEL B1.1 STUDENTS' BOOK" were
classified as “Verbs derived from Verbs”, they are words that change from being a verb to
become another verb, and this is given by the union of the prefixes (re-, un-, de-, dis-) with a
verb; for example, in the word "Review" the prefix is <re-> and the verb is <-view>, in the
word "Unable" the prefix is <un-> and the verb is <-able>, in the word "Discover" the prefix
is <dis-> and the verb is <-cover>, and finally in the word "Disagree" the prefix is <dis-> and
the verb is <-agree>. Also, they were classified as "Verbs derived from Nouns", they are
words that are transformed from being a noun to become a verb, and this is given by the union
of a noun with suffixes (-ise, -ify); for example, in the word "Supervise" the noun is <superv-
> and the suffix is <-ise>, in the word "Identify" the noun is <ident-> and the suffix is <-ify>,
and also by the union with a prefix (de-) with a noun; for example, in the word "Design" the
prefix is <de-> and the noun is <sign>. Finally, they were also classified as "Nouns derived
from Adjectives", they are words that are transformed from being an adjective to become a
noun, and this is given by the union of an adjective with suffixes (-ity, -ness, -ism); for example,
in the word "Possibility" the adjective is <possible-> and the suffix is <-ity>, in the word
"Illness" the adjective is <ill-> and the suffix is <-ness>, and finally in the word "Tourism" the
adjective is <tour-> and the suffix is <-ism>.

6. Bibliography

- McCarthy, A. (2002). An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure

(H. Giegerich, Ed.; Vol. 1). MPG Books.
Chapeton, C., & Nuñez, A. (2018). ENGLISJ LEVEL-B1.1 (C. Sanabria, Ed.; Normas SA, Vol.
5). EP. Retrieved from: https://utaedu-
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7. Annexes
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