English Morph

Morphology is a tool for a broad linguistic description and an analysis of words. The English morphology, as well as a morphology of any other language, may cause issues to the users of a language other than English to a certain extend. Since morphology covers units such as roots of words, affixes, prefixes, intonations and others it might be a challenge for users that do not come in touch with these numerous units. Such differences could be spotted by French speaking individuals. French language is an Indo-European language and is a part of the Romance family that includes Italian and Spanish. It is spoken throughout the world including Europe, America and Africa. Interestingly, English was influenced by the French language introduction to Britain which did result in similar grammatical features. These similarities don’t necessarily mean that both of these nations are capable of picking up the features of the other language. This is hardly ever the case.

On one hand grammatical features are a crucial part while learning a language, however, on the other hand, pronunciation and morphological structure play a more important role in terms of communication. Misinterpretation of words easily causes miscommunication and therefore misunderstanding of the context. Therefore this might cause difficulties while learning English. In France, compared to Britain, there are several aspects of the morphology that could cause confusion and possible difficulties. This could be also called an interference of the characteristics when the native French speakers are trying to apply the characteristics of their first language to the language they are learning. This interference is a common feature of any learner and could possibly have a psychologic...

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...mes to them, the perception of language is a crucial factor as well as their educational or developmental (in children) stage. Individuals have a different perception of the importance of language features. Some don’t consider the derived words as the most important part of the speech, others don’t appreciate rhythm. Many of the learners are sometimes trying to apply the knowledge of their mother language into the one they are learning. In some cases, this might be beneficial, although most of the time it is only useful in vocabulary or certain specific words. Even though French and English share some of the features as well as practices used in word formation, it is always entirely up to the learner how much progress he can make. Every aspect of language, including morphology is dependent on practicing and appreciation of the importance of it in the communication.