Phonology and Morphology

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

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

 

3. 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.

 

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

 

5. The Phonemic Flash Quiz! An interactive on-line exercise that asks you to translate words from their phonemic spelling to modern English. (Quiz format, but not graded as a quiz.)
6.An exercise has two parts: it asks you to translate modern English words into the phonemic alphabet.. Print out the attached document, write down your transcriptions, and bring them to the next section. 

7. Print this exercise on morphemes and morphemic units and bring it to section. In addition, follow the link at the end for some fun.

 

NERDING OUT
BACK-FORMATION
8. Some words are generated by cutting away morphemic bits of an existing longer word. For example, scavenge is a back-formation of scavenger. This exercise takes you through some examples. 
NERDING OUT
NEW AFFIXES
9. An exercise on the coining of new terms by adding affixes to new words: from Watergate to pizza-gate
NERDING OUT
PHONAESTHEMES
10.This exercise explores the relationship between sound and sense in spoken English. Why does jam with a name like "Smuckers" have to be good?

 

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