Suffix knowledge: Acquisition and applications  

Oleh:

Ward, Jeremy ; Chuenjundaeng, Jitlada

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 37 no. 3 (Sep. 2009), page 461-469.
Topik: Word morphology; Academic vocabulary; Su?x acquisition; Word families
Fulltext: p. 461-469.pdf (149.23KB)

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The purpose of this study is to investigate L2 learners’ knowledge of complex word part analysis (“word-building”), with particular reference to two issues: suffix acquisition and to the use of word families as a counting tool. Subjects were two groups of EAP students in a Thai university. Results suggest that (1) the use of word families as a counting tool leads to highly misleading conclusions, especially with less proficient learners; (2) affix learning proceeds on the basis of stem to derived form and not vice versa; (3) the acquisition of stem + suffix occurs with certain particular suffixes before others; (4) such word-building schemas may depend on frequency of exposure. Implications for teaching are discussed.

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