LgBB09 Word and word formation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 G03
Prerequisites
Knowledge of linguistic concepts, reading ability in English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
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Course objectives
The course deals with the word as the basic linguistic unit. Most of linguistic analyses are done with a reference to the word, but words are also the first thing we learn in a language, and even the layman knows that it is words that make languages different. Still there is no single and uniform definition of the word and its analysis. Therefore, the course looks critically into the concept of the word and analyzes its structure and the way new words are formed.
Learning outcomes
By passing the course the students will
- gain the knowledge of approaches to the word and to the role it plays or does not play in linguistics
- be able to critically evaluate the pros and cons of the various theories and definitions of the word
- understand the inner structure of the word
- gain the knowledge of the ways new words are formed in various languages of the world
Syllabus
  • Word and its position within linguistics
    Morphosyntactic definition of the word, the problem of clitics
    Phonology of the word, phonological word
    Morphology of the word: the problem of so-called cranberry morphemes
    Forming new words, word formation
    Semantics of the word: the problem of synonymy and polysemy of words
    Syntax of the word: the word as the minimal unit of syntax?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Dixon, R. M. W. - Aikhenvald, A. Y. 2002. Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology. Cambridge University Press.
  • HASPELMATH, Martin and Andrea D. SIMS. O čem je morfologie. Translated by Aleš Klégr - Kateřina Vašků. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 376 stran. ISBN 9788024625041. info
  • The Oxford handbook of the word. Edited by John R. Taylor. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xviii, 864. ISBN 9780199641604. info
  • BOOIJ, G. E. Morphology :an international handbook on inflection and word-formation. Edited by Wolfgang Kesselheim - Stavros Skopeteas - Christian Lehmann - Joachim. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004, xi, s. ISBN 311017278X. info
  • KRÁMSKÝ, Jiří. The word as a linguistic unit. Hague: Mouton, 1969. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, reading, homework
Assessment methods
oral exam (discussion) or final project (essay)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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