FJIIB974 Selected Chapters in French Morphology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 G22
Prerequisites
The course requires fluency in French. Consequently, it is only open to at least third year students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to make analysis in morphemes of any language ;

Understand and explain morphemic theoretical problems ;

Make deductions based on acquired knowledge.
Syllabus
  • I. Definition of morphology
  • II. Basic theoretical notions
  • 1. Syntagmatic and paradigmatic structures
  • 2. The morphemes and their classifying
  • III. Kinds of morphemes
  • 1. Discontinuous morphemes
  • 2. Null morphemes
  • 3. The amalgam
  • 4. Replacement forms
  • IV. Problems of variation and allomorphy
  • V. Morphemes modification processes
  • 1. The inflection-derivation distinction
  • 2. The compounding
  • 3. The affixation
  • 4. Reduplication and other processes
  • VI. Morphology of languages of the world
Literature
  • Booij G., The grammar of words, New-York, Oxford University Press, 2005,
  • Carstairs-McCarthy A., Current morphology, Londres, Routledge, 1992, .
  • Fradin B., Nouvelles approches en morphologie, PUF, Paris, 2003.
  • GLEASON, Henry A. An introduction to descriptive linguistics. New York: Henry Holt, 1955, 389 p. info
  • HARRIS, Zellig S. Structural linguistics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951, xvi, 384. info
  • HOCKETT, Charles Francis. A course in modern linguistics. New York: Macmillan, 1958, xi, 621. info
  • LYONS, John. Introduction to theoretical linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968, x, 519 s. ISBN 0-521-09510-7. info
  • MARTINET, André. Élements de linguistique générale. Paris: A.Colin, 1991, 221 s. ISBN 2-200-32208-9. info
  • NIDA, Eugene A. Morphology : the descriptive analysis of words. 2nd and completely new ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1949, xvi, 342. info
  • Touratier C., Morphologie et morphématique, Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2002.
Teaching methods
The course will be equally divided in theoretical lessons and exercises sessions.
Assessment methods
The examination will consist in :
One mid-semester assessment (30% of the final grade)
One final assessment (70% of the final grade).
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010.
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