Word Formation
Code
711131060
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know and to evaluate different theoretical word formation frameworks and processes;
b) To discuss the notion of morphological productivity;
c) To distinguish the productive word formation processes from the non productive ones;
d) To set the limits of word formation domain;
e) To apply advanced technical skills to morphological analysis.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Presentation and description of the following models of morphological analysis: Item and Arrangement, Item and Process, Word and Paradigm, Generative Morphology and Natural Morphology;
2. Combinatory Properties of prefixes and suffixes;
3. Isofunctional and rival suffixes;
4. Compounding: inflexion and derivation of compounds;
5. The interfaces morphology-phonology, morphology-syntax, morphology-lexicon and morphology-semantics;
6. The place of morphology: does morphology exist as an autonomous component?
Bibliography
BAUER, Laurie, Morphological Productivity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001
HAMMOND, Michael & Michael NOONAN (eds.), Theoretical Morphology. Approaches in modern linguistics, San Diego (California), Academic Press, 1988
RIO-TORTO, Graça Maria, Morfologia Derivacional. Teoria e aplicação ao português, Porto, Porto Editora, 1998
SPENCER, Andrew, Morphological Theory. An introduction to word structure in generative grammar, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1991
TEKAUER, Pavol & Rochelle LIEBER (eds.), Handbook of Word-Formation, the Netherlands, Springer, 2005
Teaching method
Lectures;
Oral presentations and discussion of individual and group papers;
Workshops.
Evaluation method
One oral presentation of subject matter related to the curricular unit contents (40%) and one written examination (Frequência) at the end of the semester (60%).