LG472-7-AU-CO:
Morphology
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2023/24
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
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04 October 2018
Requisites for this module
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This course is intended to provide an introduction to the principal descriptive and theoretical questions in morphology. The module examines the main phenomena of morphology: basic notions such as the lexeme, inflection/derivation, paradigms and their structure; types of word structure in the world's languages, affixation, linear order of affixes, types of exponence; patterns of derivation; argument structure alternations; morphological operations: concatenative vs non-concatenative morphology, compounding, etc; types of word: morphological word, phonological word, syntactic word, complex predicates; and a review of competing models and approaches to concatenative and non-concatenative morphology; and stem/word-based models of inflection vs. morpheme-based ones.
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By the end of the module the student should be able to:
* analyse morphological phenomena in a variety of languages, identifying the most important alternations and processes;
* understand the main conceptual problems in the study of word structure;
* understand the differences between what is prototypical as opposed to what is canonical when it comes to the categorization of morphological phenomena or items;
* be in position to distinguish between various approaches, and the stance they take when accounting for seemingly the same morphological phenomenon, such as non-concatenative morphology, or paradigmatically-related forms.
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This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Ms Maris Camilleri, email: mcamil@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Maris Camilleri
Email: mcamil@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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