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Morphology and Literacy: Getting Our Heads in the Game

Contact author: Laura Green, Texas Woman's University, P.O. Box 425737, Denton, TX 76204. E-mail: lgreen{at}twu.edu.

Purpose: This prologue introduces the clinical forum, briefly discusses the importance of morphology in literacy, and informs the reader of the scope of the included articles.

Method: The concept of morphology is reviewed, contributing authors are introduced, and a brief summary of each of the 5 forum articles is provided.

Conclusion: The studies in this forum investigated different morphological skills in a variety of contexts, at a variety of grade levels, and from a variety of perspectives, enabling the reader to learn more about morphological awareness developmentally, linguistically, and clinically.

KEY WORDS: morphological awareness, derivational endings, language/learning disabilities, spelling, reading

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