Research On The Word Formation Of The Sememic Morphemes In The Textbooks For Teaching Chinese As A Foreign Language

Via analyzing the morphemes with high word-forming ability and the words with such morphemes in the data-base of textbooks for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, the thesis makes an analytical research on the types, independency ability, word-forming ability, and the location in words of Sememic Morphemes (morpheme plus Sememic). The thesis also deals with the instances of the same morpheme in key Sememic Morphemes, the connection between the key Sememic Morphemes and other Sememic Morphemes, and the relationship between morpheme meanings and word meanings, and the distribution of the mentioned properties in the vocabulary. The details are as following:First, the article analyzes the status of different types of Sememic Morphemes in the vocabulary to probe the teaching difficulty and focus. It goes to the conclusion that the free Sememic Morphemes are more active both on the independency ability and word-formation ability than other Sememic Morphemes. They are as the main part for morpheme teaching.Second, The functions of different Sememic Morphemes in a morpheme are different from the Sememic aspect. There is at lease one key Sememic Morphemes in a morpheme. They are as the key references for the morpheme meanings and the word meanings. The meanings of most words are capable of being deduced by knowing the meanings of the morphemes.There is also a clear connection between the meaning of the words and the meaning of the key Sememic Morphemes.Third, the article also probes the methods on improving the vocabulary teaching via the analysis of the word forming of different Sememic Morphemes. The morpheme teaching method can be applied on the most words in the textbook with some exceptions. In addition, some can take direct morpheme teaching method but others may have to take indirect morpheme teaching method. Morpheme teaching should consider the different characters of Sememic Morphemes, The relationship between the morpheme meanings and the word meanings, which are the main factors influencing the implementation of the vocabulary teaching.