17338
Seminar
WiSe 12/13: Levels of Linguistic Analysis II - Morphology
Martin Schweinberger
Comments
This course elaborates on what you have learnt about morphology and word formation in the introductory course and we will have a closer look at the structure of words and how they are created.
If you have ever asked yourself why English does allow new words like Nipplegate and Nukemare but not rather regular formations such as *stealer or *studier and if you are interested in learning more about the different ways used to form new words in English, this course will offer you the answers by familiarizing students with the linguistic field of word-formation.
After having started out with the discussion and possible definitions of the notion of 'word', we will have a closer look at other basic concepts relevant to our topic, e.g. the notions of lexeme, morpheme, allomorphy and the differences between inflection and derivation. In a second step, we will discuss different perspectives (semasiological vs. onomasiological) on word-formation before moving on to the issue of productivity, i.e. how productivity of word-formation can be measured and factors which constrain on it. Subsequently, we will move on to discuss in detail 'major' word-formation processes, i.e. Compounding and Affixation. Furthermore, we will have a closer look at a third 'major' word-formation process sometimes called Conversion, Zero-Derivation or Functional Shift and we will discuss different perspectives on how this process works and why there are different names for it. Having become familiar with the 'major' word-formation processes, we will proceed by analysing the so-called 'minor' word-formation processes, such as Blending, Clipping, Coinage, Reduplication, Onomatopoeia, etc., which account for fewer new lexemes than the three processes mentioned before, but are, however, no less interesting. Finally, we will conclude our seminar by looking at some more theoretical issues of word-formation.
Basic reading
Bauer, Laurie. 1983. English word-formation. Cambridge: CUP. Plag, Ingo. 2003. Word-formation in English. Cambridge: CUP. Schmid, Hans-Jörg. 2005. Englische Morphologie und Wortbildung: eine Einführung. Berlin: Schmidt. close
If you have ever asked yourself why English does allow new words like Nipplegate and Nukemare but not rather regular formations such as *stealer or *studier and if you are interested in learning more about the different ways used to form new words in English, this course will offer you the answers by familiarizing students with the linguistic field of word-formation.
After having started out with the discussion and possible definitions of the notion of 'word', we will have a closer look at other basic concepts relevant to our topic, e.g. the notions of lexeme, morpheme, allomorphy and the differences between inflection and derivation. In a second step, we will discuss different perspectives (semasiological vs. onomasiological) on word-formation before moving on to the issue of productivity, i.e. how productivity of word-formation can be measured and factors which constrain on it. Subsequently, we will move on to discuss in detail 'major' word-formation processes, i.e. Compounding and Affixation. Furthermore, we will have a closer look at a third 'major' word-formation process sometimes called Conversion, Zero-Derivation or Functional Shift and we will discuss different perspectives on how this process works and why there are different names for it. Having become familiar with the 'major' word-formation processes, we will proceed by analysing the so-called 'minor' word-formation processes, such as Blending, Clipping, Coinage, Reduplication, Onomatopoeia, etc., which account for fewer new lexemes than the three processes mentioned before, but are, however, no less interesting. Finally, we will conclude our seminar by looking at some more theoretical issues of word-formation.
Basic reading
Bauer, Laurie. 1983. English word-formation. Cambridge: CUP. Plag, Ingo. 2003. Word-formation in English. Cambridge: CUP. Schmid, Hans-Jörg. 2005. Englische Morphologie und Wortbildung: eine Einführung. Berlin: Schmidt. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2012-10-15 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-10-22 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-10-29 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-11-05 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-11-12 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-11-19 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-11-26 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-12-03 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-12-10 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2012-12-17 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-01-07 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-01-14 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-01-21 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-01-28 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-02-04 18:00 - 20:00
Mon, 2013-02-11 18:00 - 20:00