INFLECTIONAL MORPHEMES

Authors

  • Mohammed Abdur Razzaq Ismail  University of Samarra, Samarra, Iraq

Keywords:

Inflections in a language, Metaphor

Abstract

Inflections in a language are significant because they can convey information regarding tense, agreement, person, number and other details. But, despite their importance, they are omitted or incorrectly substituted. The omission of an inflection could be expected in usage by second language (L2) learners when they are exposed to a highly inflectional language with rich verbal paradigms, where multiple verb forms compete for the learner’s or user’s attention and overwhelm the processing system. English, with its residual inflectional morphemes, should not be so challenging. This study deals with the English inflectional morphemes. It is made up of four sections: The First Section: sheds the light on such concepts as: the problem, the aim, the limit, the value and the procedures. The Second Section: studies the main body of the paper, which is the problems that the second language learners (L2) have with inflectional morphemes. It attempts to account for their difficulties with these inflections and gives sights regarding these inflectional variations and irregularities are offered to encourage deeper understanding and improvement of English skills as a foreign language for both teachers and learners. The Third Section: reveals the main findings of the study that relate to the inflection of nouns, verbs and adjectives. The Fourth Section: which is considered as the back material of the study? It reveals the main conclusion that the writer reached as well as including the main references that the writer depended on completing this task.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology

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2017-12-31

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Volume 2, Issue 2, March-April-2016

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Mohammed Abdur Razzaq Ismail, " INFLECTIONAL MORPHEMES, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.142-152, March-April-2016.