<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study tries to identify, classify, describe and find out the causes of the morphological errors made by the fourth year university students majoring in English in Jordan. The students who participated in the study were 20 students from Al–Zaytoonah Private University of Jordan. The procedure followed was essay writing. After analyzing the errors, the study shows that (a) the students’ competence in English morphology is poor and (b) The errors are caused by some factors such as the inconsistency in English as well as misapplication of rules. Interference and overgeneralization are also other causes. Since the course of morphology is selective in the university plan, it is also considered as an important cause. In order to reduce their errors, the researcher has suggested some remedies.</p></abstract>

This study tries to identify, classify, describe and find out the causes of the morphological errors made by the fourth year university students majoring in English in Jordan. The students who participated in the study were 20 students from Al–Zaytoonah Private University of Jordan. The procedure followed was essay writing. After analyzing the errors, the study shows that (a) the students’ competence in English morphology is poor and (b) The errors are caused by some factors such as the inconsistency in English as well as misapplication of rules. Interference and overgeneralization are also other causes. Since the course of morphology is selective in the university plan, it is also considered as an important cause. In order to reduce their errors, the researcher has suggested some remedies.

Morphological Errors Made By Jordanian University Students

Al-Zaytoonah Private University of Jordan

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This study tries to identify, classify, describe and find out the causes of the morphological errors made by the fourth year university students majoring in...

Morphological Errors Made By Jordanian University Students

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 40 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0006

Keywords
affixes, compounding, inconsistency, interference, morphology, overgeneralization

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Morphological Errors Made By Jordanian University Students

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 40 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0006

Keywordsaffixes, compounding, inconsistency, interference, morphology, overgeneralization

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
affixes, compounding, inconsistency, interference, morphology, overgeneralization