FF:LgBB09 Word and word formation - Course Information

LgBB09 Word and word formation

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 10:00–11:40 B2.43, except Tue 16. 4.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of linguistic concepts, reading ability in English

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 17/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

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Course objectives

The course deals with the word as the basic linguistic unit. Most of linguistic analyses are done with a reference to the word, but words are also the first thing we learn in a language, and even the layman knows that it is words that make languages different. Still there is no single and uniform definition of the word and its analysis. Therefore, the course looks critically into the concept of the word and analyzes its structure and the way new words are formed.

Learning outcomes

By passing the course the students will
- gain the knowledge of approaches to the word and to the role it plays or does not play in linguistics
- be able to critically evaluate the pros and cons of the various theories and definitions of the word
- understand the inner structure of the word
- gain the knowledge of the ways new words are formed in various languages of the world

Syllabus

• Word and its position within linguistics
  Morphosyntactic definition of the word, the problem of clitics
  Phonology of the word, phonological word
  Morphology of the word: the problem of so-called cranberry morphemes
  Forming new words, word formation
  Semantics of the word: the problem of synonymy and polysemy of words
  Syntax of the word: the word as the minimal unit of syntax?
  

Literature

recommended literature
• Dixon, R. M. W. - Aikhenvald, A. Y. 2002. Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology. Cambridge University Press.
• 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
• The Oxford handbook of the word. Edited by John R. Taylor. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xviii, 864. ISBN 9780199641604. info
• BOOIJ, G. E. Morphology :an international handbook on inflection and word-formation. Edited by Wolfgang Kesselheim - Stavros Skopeteas - Christian Lehmann - Joachim. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004, xi, s. ISBN 311017278X. info
• KRÁMSKÝ, Jiří. The word as a linguistic unit. Hague: Mouton, 1969. info

Teaching methods

seminar, discussion, reading, homework

Assessment methods

oral exam (discussion) or final project (essay)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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