Gaziantep University

GAZİANTEP UNIVERSITY

Türkçe
Instructor AKIN GÜRBÜZ
HOMEPAGE
Publications
National Journals
Year
Content
2015
Journal / Book Name: Turkish Studies
No/Edition: 10/7
Authors: Okt.Akın GÜRBÜZ
Grammatical Morphemes in EFL Context
2015
Journal / Book Name: Turkish Studies
No/Edition: 7/10
Authors: Akın Gürbüz
The inspiring works of Berko (1958), Cazden (1968), and Brown (1973) on the acquisition of English have made the inflectional morphology a central topic in language acquisition research. Pica (1988) states that morpheme analysis can provide important insights into the sequences, processes, and input relevant to second language acquisition. It is, therefore, predicted that if the subjects can supply the correct plural ending –for instance, to a noun which is made up- they have internalized a working system of the plural allomorphs in English, and are able to generalize to new cases and select the right form. In this respect, the primary concern of this study is to discover the inflectional morphology knowledge in an EFL context. To test for knowledge of morphological rules, Berko’s (1958) well-known wug test has been conducted to 12 intermediate level EFL learners. The participants were chosen randomly among the students studying preparatory class at a state university. The results revealed that learner’s responses to the test were consistent and orderly answers, and there can be no doubt that they are able to function with clearly restricted morphological rules. Compared to the results in Berko’s study on children’s first language acquisition, despite some similarities, the findings indicated in EFL context cannot be defined as consistent with L1 acquisition.

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