Descriptive grammar of English with elements of historical grammar – morphology 1.2.W3.EP.26
The course aims at acquainting student s with fundamental concepts deriving from the filed of English morphology. During the classes, students will learn to describe basic units of morphological analysis; they will also study the basics of morphological typology and different morphological processes. The introduction of some elements of historical grammar will help students to understand processes which have had bearing on the contemporary morphological system of the English language.
Course content:
1. The definition of morpheme (free and bound morphemes)
2. Word: definitions, the relationship between the word and morpheme
3. Lexeme: inflectional and derivational morphology
4. Inflectional morphology: paradigm, syncretism, cumulative exponency, periphrasis, suppletion
5. Derivational morphology: the distinction between productivity and creativity, productivity of derivational processes
6. Concatenative and nonconcatenative derivational processes
7. Concenative processes: affixation and compounding
8. Nonconcatenative processes: conversion and back-derivation
9. Word manufacturing: clipping, blending, acronymization
10. Old and middle English inflectional morphology.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Graduates know
- fundamental terminology relevant to English phonology and morphology (k-W-1), (P6S_WG)
- basic facts pertaining to the essence and importance of research in morphology (k-W-3), (P6S_WG)
Skills
Graduates
- can follow basic theoretical approaches and terminology relevant to English morphology (k-U-1, k-U-2), (P6S_UW)
- have relevant language competence to use and understand professional discourse of researchers working in the field of morphology (k-U-3, k-U-4, k-U-5), (P6S_UW, P6S_UK)
Social competences
Graduates are ready to
- cooperate and work in a group, assuming different roles (k-K-4), (P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
- final test (80%)
- individual and group work in class (20%)
Bibliography
Bauer, L. (1983). English word-formation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bauer, L. (2004). A glossary of morphology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2002). An introduction to English morphology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Fisiak, J. (1993). An outline history of English: Vol.1. External history. Poznań: Kantor Wydawniczy SAWW.
Matthews, P. H. (1991). Morphology (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Szymanek, B. (1998). Introduction to morphological analysis. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
Wełna, J. (1996). A brief outline of the history of English. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
Additional information
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