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What is Morphology? This term comes from Greek words morph- means “shape, form” -ology means “the study of something” It refers to the mental system involved in word formation or to the branch of linguistics that deals with words, their internal structure, and how they are formed.

The Aim of Morphology? to understand the internal constituent parts of words to understand morpheme relationships to understand how a language building relates to words' constituent parts, their morphemes.

Root Definition:The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis meaning. EX:-doubt-,-firm-,-theism-,-muse-,-faith-…etc

Prefix Definition:An affix placed before a word,base in grammar. EX:a-,ab-,ad-,anti-,pan-…etc

EX2(derivational):-able,-ful,-ist Suffix Definition:An affix that follows the element to which it is added. EX1(Inflectional):-s,-en,-ed EX2(derivational):-able,-ful,-ist

Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year (Morphology: Content Words)

Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year Background What is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year (WOTY)? *Note that the names of people, places, or events are not suitable as Words of the Year. How is the Word of the Year chosen? Does the Word of the Year have to be a new word? Can the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year only be one word?

Ex: She likes to take a selfie from a left angle. Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year Oxford Dictionaries US Word of the Year 2013: Selfie (n.) (自拍) Ex: She likes to take a selfie from a left angle. Derivative Words: helfie (自拍頭髮), belfie (自拍臀部), drelfie (拍下自己喝醉的樣子) ▪ selfie stick → narcisstick/ narcis stick = narcissistic (自戀的) + selfie stick 

2014: Vape (n.) (電子菸) / (v.) (吸電子菸) Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year Oxford Dictionaries US Word of the Year 2014: Vape (n.) (電子菸) / (v.) (吸電子菸) Ex: Having quit on the advice of his doctor, he now constantly vapes an e-cigarette.

Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year References http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year-faq/ http://tw.blog.voicetube.com/2014/12/22/%E6%96%B0%E5%87%BA%E7%88%90%EF%BC%812014%E7%89%9B%E6%B4%A5%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%AD%97%E7%AB%9F%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF-%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%9F http://englishhome.org/tag/neologisms/

American VS British Apartment Flat Cookie Biscuit Elevator Lift French fries Chips Potato chips Crisps Vacation Holiday Gasoline Petrol Subway Underground First floor Ground floor

Ambiguous Words dejected dismayed disrupt impromptu infernal insidious Words With No Positive Forms dejected dismayed disrupt impromptu infernal insidious misgivings nonchalant

Ambiguous Words impeccable immaculate inevitable innocent unfurl B. Words With Uncommon Positive Forms impeccable immaculate inevitable innocent unfurl

Ambiguous Words loosen --- unloosen valuable --- invaluable C. Special Cases loosen --- unloosen valuable --- invaluable flammable --- inflammable shameful --- shameless heritable --- inheritable a good scare --- a bad scare a slim chance --- a fat chance quite a lot --- quite a few http://www.rinkworks.com/words/negatives.shtml