Phonology and Morphology

KEYTERMS

1. A list of key terms to learn for the study of Phonology and Morphology.

TRANSCRIPTION 1

2. An interactive on-line exercise that asks you to translate words from the Phonemic Alphabet to modern English.

TRANSCRIPTION 2

3. An exercise to print and bring to section: it asks you to translate modern English words into the phonemic alphabet.

ORGANS OF SPEECH

4. Use this diagram to learn the organs of the mouth and throat that produce speech.

VOWEL CHART

5. An interactive on-line exercise that asks you drag the vowels of spoken modern English onto their appropriate place in a diagram of the mouth.

CONSONANT CHART

6. A pdf exercise that asks you to identify the consonant phonemes of modern English. 

WORD FORMATION

7. An exercise to bring to section. It asks you to find what a group of different words have in common.

MORPHEMIC UNITS

8. Print this exercise and bring it to section. It asks to you break down English words into their smallest morphemic units. In addition, follow the link at the end for some fun.

PHONAESTHEMES

9. This exercise explores the relationship between sound and sense in spoken English. Why does jam with a name like "Smuckers" have to be good?

FREE AND BOUND MORPHEMES

10. An exercise to print and bring to class on different kinds of morphemic units.

NEW AFFIXES

11. An exercise on the coining of new terms by adding affixes to new words: from Watergate to pizza-gate.

 

Note: for any exercise that asks you to write out something, bring your written work to section.