Undergraduate Course: English Word-Formation (LASC10007)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Language Sciences |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
|
|
| Course description |
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 mainly synchronic, with occasional reference to diachrony. The first half of the course will survey the major word formation processes of English (as well as some of the minor ones), combining this survey with a thorough discussion of key concepts such as 'morpheme', 'word', productivity' etc. The second half will focus on current morphological theory, and in particular on the architecture of the grammar: how do we model productivity differentials in a formal grammar? Is there a separate morphological module? How does the morphology interact with the syntax and with the phonology?
The course textbook is Ingo Plag, Word Formation in English (CUP 2003). Reference to further reading will be given in class. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Prospectus website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
|
WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Rooms 3.10/3.11, Dugald Stewart Building |
| Additional information |
Class Location: Rm 3.10/3.11 Dugald Stewart Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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 |
Assessment Information
(1) Coursework providing 50% of the final mark.
(2) a two-hour written examination providing 50% of the final mark. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Heinz Giegerich
Tel: (0131 6)50 3595
Email: heinz.giegerich@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
|
copyright 2010 The University of Edinburgh -
1 September 2010 6:12 am
|
University Homepage