NJ_G420 Contrastive Word Formation

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)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, 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_G420/01: Fri 23. 10. 16:40–18:20 učebna 55, Fri 6. 11. 16:40–18:20 učebna 55, Fri 4. 12. 16:40–18:20 učebna 55, T. Káňa
NJ_G420/02: each even Thursday 9:20–11:00 učebna 11, T. Káňa
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! NJ_SLO Word Formation
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
At the end of the course students should know about the basic fields of lexicology, they can answer question dealing with changes in a word-stock, they can briefly characterise the elements of a lexicon, they can distinguish the morphemes according to their function and distribution and they can describe the word formation system of German.

In the practical usage they can build correct context-bound words, analyse compounds and derivates as well as understand their meaning in a context. Further, the students know the principles of forming abbreviations and clippings, some kinds of proper names, diminutives and words denoting opposite sex. They are able to describe and analyse the respective features contrastively using corpus data and they can compare these results with linguistic literature.
Syllabus
  • Lexikology in linguistics
  • Lexem (lexical unit) x lex x word
  • Morphemes - their characteristics and typology
  • Nomination (new coinage, sematic derivation, borrowings)
  • Word formation as a Nomination
  • Composition, derivation, abbreviations and clippings
  • Gender by word formation
  • Diminutives in Czech, German and English
  • German proper names and their formation
Literature
    required literature
  • KÁŇA, Tomáš. Wortbildung: Umriss der Theorie mit Aufgaben und Übungen. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-5989-4. html url epub info
  • ENGEL, Ulrich. Deutsche Grammatik. 2. veb. Aufl. Heidelberg: Julius Groos Verlag, 1988, 888 s. ISBN 3-87276-600-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Duden : in 12 Bänden. Edited by Kathrin Razum - Franziska Münzberg. 7., völlig neu erarb. und e. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 2005, 1343 s. ISBN 3411040475. info
  • FLEISCHER, Wolfgang and Irmhild BARZ. Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Edited by Marianne Schröder. 2., durchgesehene und erg. A. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1995, 382 s. ISBN 3-484-10682-4. info
  • UHROVÁ, Eva. Grundlagen der deutschen Lexikologie. (Fundamentals of German Lexicology). 2nd ed. Brno: MU Brno, 2002, 136 pp. 2. vyd. ISBN 80-210-13243-0. info
Teaching methods
seminars, exploaring language corpora (mainly InterCorp)
Assessment methods
presentation of a seminar paper (compulsory for both credit and colloquium completion), PC test at the end of term (colloquium only);
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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