Morphology
Code
722131080
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria do Céu Caetano
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Discuss and characterize the place of morphology in the grammar;
2. Identify and describe different morphological models;
3. Have developed skills in detailed analysis of word-formation patterns;
4. Determine to what extent the morphological processes interact with other components of the grammar.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Morphologys place in the grammar
1.1 The object of study in morphology: morpheme-based morphology or word-based morphology?
1.2 Units of morphological analysis: morphological operations and morphological processes
1.3 Morphology: autonomous component or subcomponent of the grammar?
2. Inflection, Derivation and Compounding
2.1 Inflection: properties of inflection paradigms
2.1.1 Participial forms
2.2 Derivation: form(s) and meaning(s) of the derivatives
2.2.1 Multiple affixation
2.3 Compounding: phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic properties of compounds
3. The interaction between morphology and other linguistic areas
3.1 Morphophonology: truncation and allomorphy of bases and affixes
3.2 Compounds: syntax or morphology?
3.3 Semantics and argumental structure of deverbal nouns
3.4 Morphology and lexicon: lexicographical definitions of complex words
4. Morphological productivity
4.1 Productive and non-productive processes
4.2 Non-compositional derivatives
4.3 Lexicalized compounds
Bibliography
ARONOFF, Mark. 1994. Morphology by itself. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press
BAUER, Laurie. 2001. Morphological Productivity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
CARSTAIRS-McCarthy, Andrew. 2002. An Introduction to English Morphology. Words and their structure. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
HASPELMATH, Martin. 2002. Understanding Morphology. London: Arnold
Matthews, P. H. 1992. Morphology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [2nd ed.]
SPENCER, Andrew & Arnold M. ZWICKY (eds) 1998. The Handbook of Morphology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
TEKAUER, Pavol & Rochelle Lieber (eds) 2005. Handbook of Word-Formation. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag.
Teaching method
The proposed topics for study and discussion are scheduled at the beginning of each semester and previously prepared subsequent to readings of recommended bibliography. In tutorials, masters students will have a regular personalized monitoring.
Evaluation method
Participation in the seminary sessions, namely with oral presentations of readings, discussion of subject matters, autonomous resolution of practical exercises (30%) and presentation of an individual original work (70%).