Morphology
Code
711131051
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria do Céu Caetano
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Te main aims of this curricular unit are:
a) The explanation of some basic concepts required in the study of morphology and the introduction to the most important models of morphological analysis;
b) The characterization of nominal and verbal inflexion, derivation (prefixation and suffixation) and compounding;
c) To provide some technical skills to analyse the internal structure of complex words;
d) The distinction between the processes of word formation from lexical creativity.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Introduction: the study of morphology under structuralist and generative models;
Delimitation of some basic concepts required in the study of morphology: morpheme, morph and allomorph; word (simple and complex words); types of affixes; stem and base;
Criteria for distinguishing inflection vs. derivation;
Derivation: prefixation; suffixation (nominal, adjectival and verbal suffixes); evaluative suffixation; parasynthesis; back-formation; conversion;
Representation of the internal structure of derivatives;
Compounding: criteria for defining a compound; exocentric and endocentric nominal compounds; neoclassical compounds;
Lexical creativity: clipping, blends, siglation, acronyms and loan words;
Discussion of the notions on productivity and creativity; productive and non productive processes.
Bibliography
ARONOFF, Mark, Word Formation in Generative Grammar, Cambridge (Massachusets), The MIT Press, 1976
BAUER, Laurie, Introducing Linguistic Morphology, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2003, 2nd ed.
KATAMBA, Francis, Morphology, London, MacMillan, 1993
MATHEWS, Peter, Morphology. An Introduction to the Theory of Word Structure, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991, 2nd ed.
SPENCER, Andrew, Morphological Theory. An introduction to word structure in generative grammar, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1991
Teaching method
Lectures. Oral presentations and discussion of individual and group papers.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment (2 exercises 40% and 1 written examination (Frequência) 60%).