English morphology for the language teaching profession /

"This highly accessible book presents an overview of English morphology for all those involved in the English-language teaching industry. For non-native learners, the ability to recognize and produce new words in appropriate circumstances is a challenging task, and knowledge of the word-buildin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bauer, Laurie, 1949- (Author), Nation, I. S. P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:	ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
Subjects:	English language > Morphology. English language > Word formation.

Table of Contents:

1. Learning English morphology
2. Assumptions
3. Sound and spelling
4. Plural of nouns
5. Possessives
6. Comparative and superlative
7. Third person singular -s
8. The -ing form of the verb
9. Past tense and past participle
10. Numbers
11. Compounds
12. Making nouns
13. Making verbs
14. Making adjectives
15. Making adverbs
16. Making words with prefixes
17. Making words without affixes
18. Learned word-formation
19. Morphology and frequency
Reading and sources
Indexes
Index of affixes.