? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : PPL-P-

This course gives students the opportunity to investigate, in the light of current morphological theory, the word-formation processes of Modern English. The approach throughout will be both synchronic and diachronic; attention will be paid both to the discussion of the key concepts of the discipline and to the posotion of the discipline in relation to its neighbours (such as syntax and phonology).

Shared with UG Course U00352 English Word-Formation.

Venue:
Tuesday - 1.01, 14 Buccleuch Place
Wednesday - B9 Adam Ferguson Building

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : None

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 08/01/2008 11:00 13:00 1.01, 14 Buccleuch Place

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 11:10 13:00 Central Lecture Wednesday 12:10 13:00 Central

On successful completion of the course students will:
- have a robust understanding of the principal word formation processes of the language
- be able to analyse novel forms encountered in texts and corpora
- have an overview of relevant theory debate
- be able to progress to independent research on the subject

(1) Coursework providing 50% of the final mark
(2) a two-hour written examination providing 50% of the final mark

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May - - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Toni Noble
Tel : (0131 6)51 3188
Email : Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Heinz Giegerich
Tel : (0131 6)50 3595
Email : heinz.giegerich@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/