NJP_Mor1 Morphology 1 (lecture)

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Zkouška z JC 1. ročník, Zk z fonetiky 1. ročník, zkouška z Úvodu do jazyka
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to define and explain the basic concepts of morphological analysis (e.g., morpheme, paradigm, word form etc.); they are able to identify the internal structure of inflected or derived words and to distinguish between both types (inflection vs. derivation); they become aware of the different possibilities of arranging German nouns into inflectional classes and are able to compare and evaluate the different approaches; they are able to name the grammatical categories relevant in the nominal domain and can demonstrate their relevance for different nominal parts of speech.
Syllabus
  • - The content of morphology, the place of morphology among the linguistic disciplines;
  • - Basic concepts in morphology: morpheme, (allo)morphe; root, stem, affix; lexeme, paradigm, word form;
  • - Grammatical categories and their realization within the word form; grammatical markers; affixes and morphological processes;
  • - Inflectional classes of the German noun;
  • - The possibility of plural formation and its dependence on the semantic class of the noun (count nouns, mass nouns; common nouns, names);
  • - Are there inflectional classes with German adjectives?
  • - Inflection and derivation;
  • - Definiteness as grammatical category: Where should it be located within the grammar?
  • - Semantic, syntactic and morphological definitions of the parts of speech;
Literature
    required literature
  • Geislerová Olga.Einführung in die Morphologie der deutschen Sprache. Brno 2005
    recommended literature
  • EISENBERG, Peter. Grundriß der deutschen Grammatik. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1999, 551 s. ISBN 3-476-01642-0. info
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik :ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001, 654 s. ISBN 3-468-49493-9. info
  • MEIBAUER, Jörg. Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik. 2., aktualisierte Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2007, xi, 369. ISBN 9783476021410. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The present course of lectures in morphology belongs to the facultative part of the curriculum. Its content is, however, part of the written test at the end of the morphological seminar in the spring term. A minimum of 70% of the overall amount of points is required to pass the test.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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