This is a very useful site for an instructor hoping to implement the use of peer review in any subject. Melanie Dawson of the University of Richmond's Writing Center has prepared a Peer Editing Guide (more info) .
morphology. n. 1. (Biology) the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms. 2. (Linguistics) the form and structure of words in a language, esp the consistent patterns of inflection, combination, derivation and change, etc, that may be observed and classified. 3. the form and structure of anything.
In this way, morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies patterns of word formation within and across languages and attempts to formulate rules that model the knowledge of the speakers of those languages. Polysynthetic languages, such as Chukchi, have words composed of many morphemes.The Chukchi word tÉmeyÅÉlevtpÉÎ³tÉrkÉn, for example, meaning I have a fierce headache, is composed of eight morphemes t-É-meyÅ-É-levt-pÉÎ³t-É-rkÉn that may be glossed.n this way, morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies patterns of word formation within and across languages and attempts to formulate rules that model the knowledge of the speakers of those languages. Polysynthetic languages, such as Chukchi, have words composed of many morphemes.