NJ_G200 Morphology of German

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Timetable
Fri 29. 9. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63, Fri 13. 10. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63, Fri 27. 10. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63, Fri 10. 11. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63, Fri 1. 12. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63, Fri 15. 12. 16:40–18:20 učebna 63
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! NJ2BP_MOR2 Morphology 2 )&&(! N2BP_MOR2 Morphology 2 )&&(! NJ2BK_MOR2 Morphology 2 )&&(! N2BK_MOR2 Morphology 2 )
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., affix, 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 and verbs into inflectional classes and are able to compare and evaluate the different approaches; they are able to name the grammatical categories relevant for different parts of speech. They notice the problems connected with postulating analytical forms and can explain these problems to others. In the field of practical language use, students should gain the necessary skills to produce the morphological forms of words belonging to the basic and extended basic vocabulary of German.
Syllabus
  • - The content of morphology, the place of morphology among the linguistic disciplines;
  • - Grammatical categories and the internal structure of the word form;
  • - Basic concepts of morphology: root, stem, affix, grammatical markers; lexeme, paradigm, word form;
  • - Inflectional classes of the German noun; connection between inflectional class and noun gender/animacy;
  • - pronominal inflection;
  • - Are there inflectional classes with German adjectives?
  • - Inflection and derivation; determination of inflectional class and gender by suffixes;
  • - Finite and infinite verbal forms;
  • - The inflectional classes of the verb; classification of strong verbs according to the type of apophony;
  • - Verbal morphology depending on the syntactic properties of the verb;
  • - Morphology and morphosyntax of modal verbs; praeteritopraesentia and morphological adjustment of verbs expressing modal meanings;
  • - Modal semantics: deontic and epistemic meaning of modalverbs;
  • - Analytical forms in the verbal paradigm and auxiliaries;
Literature
    required literature
  • THIEROFF, Rolf and Petra M. VOGEL. Flexion / Rolf Thieroff, Petra M. Vogel. Heidelberg: Winter, 2009, 100 s. ISBN 9783825354893. info
  • MEIBAUER, Jörg. Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik. 2., aktualisierte Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2007, xi, 369. ISBN 9783476021410. info
    recommended literature
  • HELBIG, Gerhard and Joachim BUSCHA. Deutsche Grammatik :ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001, 654 s. ISBN 3-468-49493-9. info
  • EISENBERG, Peter. Grundriß der deutschen Grammatik. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1999, 551 s. ISBN 3-476-01642-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Written test at the end of the term. A minimum of 60% of the overall amount of points is required to pass the test.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: V podzimním semestru je předmět určen především pro repetenty.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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