NJ_G210 Internal Structure of German Word Forms

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Hana Peloušková, 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/Kombi01: Fri 16. 9. 16:00–17:50 učebna 55, Fri 14. 10. 16:00–17:50 učebna 55, Fri 18. 11. 16:00–17:50 učebna 55, R. Wagner
NJ_G210/01: each odd Tuesday 12:00–13:50 učebna 70, except Tue 25. 10., 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
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
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.
Learning outcomes
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
  • Sternefeld, Wolfgang (2007): Syntax: Eine morphologisch motivierte generative Beschreibung des Deutschen. Band 1. Stauffenburg.
  • Eisenberg, Peter (2006): Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Band 1: Das Wort. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. ISBN: 3476021602
    recommended 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
  • Höhle, T. N. (1982): Über Komposition und Derivation: zur Konstituentenstruktur von Wortbildungsprodukten im Deutschen. In: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 1, s. 76–112.
  • Olsen, S. (1986): Wortbildung im Deutschen: eine Einführung in die Theorie der Wortstruktur. Stuttgart: Kröner.
  • Toman, J. (1983): Wortsyntax. Eine Diskussion ausgewählter Probleme deutscher Wortbildung. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
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 containing an analysis of complex word structures and argumets for choosing a certain strukcture among alternative possibilities.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.
Teacher's information
The seminar is a usefull introduction to the lecture on German morphology (NJ_G200) offered during the spring term. Students who have already absolved the lecture will have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in morphological analysis.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2024.
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