Publisher's Synopsis
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 100, Thi-Qar University (College of Education for Humanities), course: M.A. Course, language: English, abstract: This paper is about the hierarchical structure of words in English language. It deals with the ways of analyzing word structures and morphological trees. The hierarchical structure of words suggests the division of compound and derived words into their basic constituents. The hierarchical structure is obvious in compound words more than in derived words. So, in this article, the author will be dealing with the hierarchical structure of compound words first and then of the derived words.
