NJ_G210 Morphology: Structures of Paradigms

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 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: Fri 9. 10. 17:35–19:15 učebna 55, Fri 20. 11. 17:35–19:15 učebna 55, Fri 18. 12. 17:35–19:15 učebna 55, R. Wagner
NJ_G210/02: each even Monday 16:40–18:20 učebna 53, R. Wagner
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 one of the basic concepts of inflectional morphology, the paradigm. At the end of the course students should be able
- to identify word forms occurring in texts according to their morphological properties and to assign them to the appropriate paradigm,
- to enumerate the paradigmatic forms of the basic lexical categories noun, verb and adjective,
- to recognize differences in the conception of the paradigm in different grammars and linguistic publications and to explain them to an interlocutor,
- to assess the methods of presentation used in foreign language text books of German to introduce morphological forms.
Syllabus
  • - Introduction to basic concepts: Lexeme, Word Form, Grammatical Category, Paradigm;
  • - Compiling paradigms from actual word forms in texts;
  • - Underspecified paradigms;
  • - Formal distinctions within paradigms and iconicity;
  • - Morphosyntactic paradigms; syncretism;
  • - Paradigm structure conditions;
  • - Paradigm economy principle, identity of inflectional paradigms;
  • - Periphrastic forms and extended paradigms.
Literature
    required literature
  • Eisenberg, Peter (2006): Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Band 1: Das Wort. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. ISBN: 3476021602
    not specified
  • Carstairs, Andrew (1987): Allomorphy in inflexion. London: Croom Helm. ISBN 0709934831.
  • Blevins, James P. (2000): Markedness and blocking in German declension paradigms, in: Stiebels, B. / Wunderlich, D. (eds.): Lexicon in focus. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 83-103.
  • Wurzel, Wolfgang Ullrich (1998): Drei Ebenen der Struktur von Flexionsparadigmen, in: Fabri, Ray et al. (eds.): Models of Inflection. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 267-271.
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: nebo 12 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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