NJ_G210 Internal Structure of German Word Forms

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 1 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJ_G210/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Wagner
NJ_G210/02: Fri 6. 10. 13:00–14:40 učebna 4, Fri 24. 11. 13:00–14:40 učebna 54, Fri 8. 12. 13:00–14:40 učebna 54, R. Wagner
Prerequisites
The course requires advanced listening and reading skills in German. During the semester, it is necessary to read and understand texts drawn from the scientific literature on German linguistics.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the analysis of complex word forms into smaller parts. In analysing simple cases, the basic principles of a word form analysis are introduced. As we pass on to more challenging cases, we try to investigate the limitations of the word form model. At the end the course, students should be able
- to recognize the makeup of words from smaller parts,
- in the standard cases to analyse complex words into the appropriate constituents,
- to draw conclusions from the internal structure of words concerning their grammatical properties,
- to produce regular forms and to derive complex forms from more simple forms,
- to draw conclusions on the merits and limitation of the model of word structure.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic components of word structure: root, stem, affixes;
  • 2. Hierarchical ordering of elements within the word form;
  • 3. The concept of “head of a word” and its application to derivational affixes;
  • 4. The delimitation of derivational and inflectional affixes; borderline cases;
  • 5. Analysis of problematic cases (more the one possible segmentation, prefixes and circumfixes, zero morphs vs. implicit derivation);
  • 6. Limits of word structure models: modification of stems.
Literature
    required literature
  • HASPELMATH, Martin and Andrea D. SIMS. O čem je morfologie. Translated by Aleš Klégr - Kateřina Vašků. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 376 stran. ISBN 9788024625041. info
    recommended literature
  • Eisenberg, Peter (2006): Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Band 1: Das Wort. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. ISBN: 3476021602
  • Höhle, T. N. (1982): Über Komposition und Derivation: zur Konstituentenstruktur von Wortbildungsprodukten im Deutschen. In: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 1, s. 76–112.
  • Toman, J. (1983): Wortsyntax. Eine Diskussion ausgewählter Probleme deutscher Wortbildung. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
  • ERBEN, Johannes. Einführung in die deutsche Wortbildungslehre. 4. Aufl. Berlín: Erich Schmidt, 2000, 191 s. ISBN 3-503-04954-1. info
Teaching methods
The work in class is based on compulsory reading of selected linguistic texts (written summaries may be required during the term), analysis of German language material (partly to be done at home) and the comparison of different grammars and text books of German in oral (short presentations) and written (homework) form.
Assessment methods
The course can be completed either by a “credit“ or by a “colloquium” (cf. Study and Examination Rules, section 18 and 19). In order to acquire a “credit”, students have to hand in the compulsory homework and to regularly attend class (no more than three absences). In order to acquire the “colloquium”, students in addition have to hand in a seminar paper comparing the use of paradigms in different grammars or text books.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kombinované studium má výuku v pátek, prezenční od pondělí do čtvrtka..
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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