Morphology - 1st semester
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
The main objectives of the unit are to enable the student to:
1. Determine to what extent the morphological processes interact with other components of the grammar;
2. Identify and describe different morphological models;
3. Characterize the inflectional system of Portuguese and recognize other typological types;
4. Develop skills in detailed analysis of word-formation patterns;
5. Discuss some aspects about production and comprehension of morphologically complex words.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Morphologys place in the grammar
1.1 The object of study in morphology
1.2 Units of morphological analysis
1.3 The interaction between morphology and other linguistic areas
2. Inflection
2.1 Properties of inflectional paradigms and affixes
2.2 Some reasons to separate or not inflection from derivation and compounding
2.3 Portuguese nouns and verbs inflection
3. Derivation and Compounding
3.1 Form(s) and meaning(s) of the derivatives
3.2 Multiple affixation
3.3 Phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic properties of compounds
4. Morphological productivity
4.1 Productive and non-productive processes
4.2 Non-compositional derivatives and lexicalized compounds
5. Lexical development and word-formation
5.1 Representation and access of lexical items
5.2 Production and comprehension of morphologically complex words
Bibliography
Bauer, Laurie, Rochelle Lieber & Ingo Plag. 2013. The Oxford reference guide to English Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bauer, Laurie. 2001. Morphological Productivity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Booij, Geert. 2010. Construction Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Spencer, Andrew & Arnold M. ZWICKY (eds) 1998. The Handbook of Morphology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Haspelmath, Martin & Andrea D. Sims 2010. Understanding Morphology. London: Hodder Education, 2nd ed.
tekauer, Pavol & Rochelle Lieber (eds) 2005. Handbook of Word-Formation. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag.
Durante as sessões serão indicadas mais referências bibliográficas / More bibliography will be suggested during the lectures.
Mais bibliografia será indicada no início do ano letivo.
Teaching method
The proposed topics for study and discussion are scheduled at the beginning of each semester and previously prepared on the basis of recommended bibliography. Students are expected to participate actively, namely with oral presentations of readings, discussion of subject matters, autonomous resolution of practical exercises and presentation of an individual original work. In tutorials, masters students will have a regular personalized monitoring.
In class teaching.
Evaluation method
Participation in the seminar sessions (20%); 1 paper, prepared under close supervision, and oral presentation (80%).