Foundations of Morphology | Ch 12: Morphology and Syntax | Podcast

Chapter 12: Morphology and Syntax Foundations of Morphology: For EFL University Students Podcast companion • Printed textbook pages 165–178 This chapter explores the boundary between word structure and sentence structure. It examines clitics, agreement, case, and valence-changing morphology, using multiple diagnostics to evaluate forms that combine morphological and syntactic properties. Central question: Where does word structure end and sentence structure begin, and how does morphology signal grammatical relations? Learning objectives 1. Distinguish clitics from affixes with tests such as host choice, gaps and irregular forms. 2. Analyze agreement, case marking and alignment in data from several languages. 3. Explain how passive, causative, applicative and reciprocal forms change a verb’s participants. 4. Evaluate whether a boundary form, such as a phrasal verb, is one word or a phrase. Five core topics 12.1 Clitics: Between Affixes and Words (p. 166) Identify clitics and their hosts by combining pronunciation and grammatical behavior, and distinguish proclitics, enclitics, and affixes. 12.2 Agreement and Concord (p. 168) Identify agreement controllers, targets, and features, including concord within noun phrases. 12.3 Case Marking and Grammatical Relations (p. 169) Explain how case marking helps signal grammatical relations, distinguishing those relations from semantic roles and word order. 12.4 Valence-Changing Morphology (p. 172) Examine passive, causative, and other processes that change a verb’s argument structure, separating grammatical subjects from agents. 12.5 Morphological or Syntactic? Analyzing Forms at the Boundary (p. 173) Evaluate lexical integrity and borderline constructions using evidence from internal structure, meaning, and syntactic behavior. Study with the textbook Read pages 165–178, review the chapter with this podcast, and attempt the activities before checking the explained answers. Refer to the book for exact examples, morpheme boundaries, glosses, diagrams, and qualifications. Full podcast collection:    • Foundations of Morphology (2026) | Podcast   Free textbook: https://zenodo.org/records/22926586 Textbook DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22926586 Chapter resources: https://sites.google.com/view/els4efl... ELS4EFL series website: https://sites.google.com/view/els4efl... YouTube channel:    / @elsforefl   About the textbook Series: English Language Studies for EFL University Students Branch: Theoretical Linguistics Project Director: Prof. Munassir Alhamami Professor of Applied Linguistics, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia First Edition | Version 1 | 2026 Citation Alhamami, M. (2026). Foundations of morphology: For EFL university students (1st ed., Version 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22926586 This is an AI-generated study companion created with NotebookLM from the textbook. Consult the book for the complete teaching, practice activities, and explained answers. This YouTube copy uses the textbook cover with the original NotebookLM audio unchanged. Original textbook content is licensed under CC BY 4.0 except where otherwise stated. Material credited to other sources remains subject to its stated terms. Chapter and topic headings follow the textbook; these study explanations are supplementary adaptations. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #Morphology #Linguistics #EFL