Topics in Morphology
Objectives
The main objectives of the unit are to enable the student to:
1. Get acquainted with the main topics recently debated in lexical morphology;
2. Distinguish between productive and non-productive word-formation processes;
3. Discuss the conceptual framework of 'lexicalization';
4. Debate some aspects about production and comprehension of morphologically complex words.
General characterization
Code
02112458
Credits
5.0
Responsible teacher
Maria do Céu Sernache Caetano Mocho
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 140
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- Bauer, Laurie. 2001. Morphological Productivity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Brinton, Laurel J. & Elizabeth Closs Traugott. 2005 Lexicalization and language change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Clark, Eve. 1993. The Lexicon in Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Štekauer, Pavol & Rochelle Lieber (eds) 2005. Handbook of Word-Formation. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag.
- Štekauer, Pavol & Rochelle Lieber (eds) 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Teaching method
The proposed topics for study and discussion are scheduled at the beginning of each semester and previously prepared subsequent to readings of recommended bibliography.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Oral presentations of readings, discussion of subject matters, autonomous resolution of practical exercises(30%), Presentation of an individual original work(70%)
Subject matter
1. The state of the art in lexical morphology
2. Productive and non-productive word-formation processes
3. The concepts of 'lexicalization' and 'grammaticalization'
3.1 Syntactic and semantic properties of lexicalized compounds
4. Production and comprehension of morphologically complex words
Programs
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