Foundations of Morphology | Ch 09: Nonconcatenative Morphology | Video

Corrections: 01:40 The actor-voice forms are bumili from bili and sumulat from sulat, with um before the first vowel. The table incorrectly repeats the uninfixed roots (textbook pp.125–126). Chapter 9: Nonconcatenative Morphology Foundations of Morphology: For EFL University Students Video lesson • Printed textbook pages 124–137 This chapter examines morphology that goes beyond adding pieces in a simple sequence. It analyzes infixation, reduplication, internal change, templates, prosodic patterns, and simultaneous expression in sign languages while comparing alternative descriptions. Central question: How can languages mark meaning inside words, or by repeating or changing parts of them, rather than by adding affixes in a line? Learning objectives 1. Distinguish concatenative from nonconcatenative forms, including infixes and circumfixes. 2. Analyze full and partial reduplication, state the shape of a reduplicant, and gloss it. 3. Describe internal change, templates, tone, stress and subtraction, and compare analyses. 4. Explain how sign languages express several meanings at the same time in one sign. Five core topics 9.1 Infixes and Circumfixes (p. 125) Compare concatenative patterns with infixes and circumfixes, identifying where affixes occur and preserving their language-specific functions. 9.2 Reduplication (p. 127) Distinguish full and partial reduplication and specify the shape and meaning of the repeated material. 9.3 Internal Change and Stem Alternation (p. 129) Analyze vowel and consonant alternations, including ablaut and umlaut, without assuming every irregular change is suppletion. 9.4 Templates, Tone, Stress, and Subtraction (p. 130) Examine consonant-vowel templates, grammatical tone and stress, and subtraction as ways of expressing morphological contrasts. 9.5 Simultaneous Morphology in Sign Languages (p. 132) Explore how handshape, location, movement, and orientation can combine meanings simultaneously in sign languages. Study with the textbook Read pages 124–137, review the chapter with this video, and attempt the activities before checking the explained answers. Refer to the book for exact examples, morpheme boundaries, glosses, diagrams, and qualifications. 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   Video lessons:    • Foundations of Morphology | Video Lessons ...   Podcast lessons:    • Foundations of Morphology (2026) | Podcast   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. 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