Abstract
This paper analyzes the textuality of Lang Leav’s “My Place in the Universe”, describing the morphologic segmentation linearity of its lexical and grammatical morphemes. Using a descriptive and structural analysis as the method in analyzing data, findings reveal that the prose contains fifty-four (54) lexical morphemes of twenty-four (24) simple form (roots), twenty-four (24) complex form (roots and affixations), six (6) compound words (two roots) and one (1) compound-complex form (two roots combined and affixation). Moreover, there are twenty-three (23) grammatical morphemes broken down into nine (9) prepositions, five (5) determiners, four (4) conjunctions, two (2) pronouns, two (2) modal verbs, and one (1) auxiliary verb. The results prove that Lang Leav’s prose “My Place in the Universe” follows morphologic segmentation linearity in its narrative textuality. This study recommends that teaching and learning morphologic segmentation of words should be given attention not only by English teachers and language learners but also by every student since it is beneficial in language acquisition, vocabulary expansion, and reading comprehension. Language teachers should provide varied practical activities for students to have an in-depth understanding of lexical and grammatical morphemes. Further, it is also proposed that a morpho-syntactic structuration and linguistic investigation of the word formation process of words in the same piece should be conducted by future researchers.