AJ12103 Introduction to Morphology and Lexicology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ12103/A: Tue 10:00–11:35 G31, N. Kudrnáčová
AJ12103/B: Tue 11:40–13:15 G31, N. Kudrnáčová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 70 student(s).
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Course objectives
Objectives of the course: The course provides students with a solid understanding of key concepts in morphology and lexicology. The course aims to encourage an active approach on the part of students toward the subject matter. Students successfully completing the course will be able to discuss basic lexical and functional categories. They will be able to describe morphological structures of words and different types of the formation of new naming units. They will also be able to identify and discuss grammatical and semantic properties of individual word classes.
Syllabus
  • Description of the course: This seminar will be divided into two parts. The first will look at the semantic representations which appear in lexical entries. Attention will also be paid to the morphological structure of words and the formation of new naming units. The second part of the seminar will be devoted to the analysis of individual word classes. The topics covered in the course are as follows: - word meaning
  • - sense relations
  • - dictionaries and prototypes
  • - morphological structures of lexemes
  • - formation of new words I (clipping, blending, wrong cutting, invention, borrowing)
  • - formation of new words II (zero derivation, compounding, extension, narrowing, bifurcation, backformation)
  • - word classes
  • - verbs
  • - nouns
  • - pronouns
  • - adjectives
  • - adverbs
Literature
  • HUDDLESTON, Rodney. English grammar : an outline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, xii, 212. ISBN 0521323118. info
  • DUŠKOVÁ, Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 673 s. info
Teaching methods
One 1.5 hour seminar per week.
Assessment methods
Seminar attendance is compulsory.In order to be able to sit the exam, the student cannot miss more than 2 seminars without a medical certificate. Assessment: a written test at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
Teacher's information
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