Larson-Freeman and Celce-Murcia describe a number of aspects related to morphemes and
lexicogrammar. These include concepts like derivational, inflectional, bound, free morphemes
and ideas like compounding, register, meaning extension, semantic fields, prototypicality and co-
location. Review the teaching suggestions at the end of Chapter 3 and develop a short research
application essay on one of the following questions/topics: 1) Explain how you would use 1 of
these concepts or teaching suggestions with your students, 2) Describe one of the concepts above
and why you believe it will be useful to your teaching/writing, or 3) How you would answer
someone who asks you for the difference among the following words: see, look, watch, stare,
peer, glance.
Students will write a 750-word essay on the topic above. This assignment should be formatted
according to current APA, MLA, or Turabian standards. Students should include the following in
these submissions:
