Postgraduate Course: English Word-Formation (LASC11092)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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?
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- have a robust understanding of the principal word formation processes of the language
- analyse novel forms encountered in texts and corpora
- have an overview of relevant theory debate
- progress to independent research on the subject
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | english,formation,morphology,phonology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Heinz Giegerich
Tel: (0131 6)50 3595
Email: heinz.giegerich@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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