Postgraduate Course: Morphology (LASC11173)
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 | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course provides a cross-linguistic overview of the properties of word structure (inflection, derivation, allomorphy, argument structure, lexical semantics) and discusses their implications for linguistic theory. |
| Course description |
The course helps students explore a variety of topics related to word formation in a structured way. We will come up together with a detailed overview of the issues involved in the study of complex words, with an emphasis on how morphology interacts with other components of the grammar (phonology, syntax, semanatics, but also acquisition and processing). The general outlook will be a formal theoretical one, but no particular conception of morphology will be singled out to the exclusion of discussion of others. A main aim of the course is in fact to show how one can arrive from a particular data set at different possible analyses of these data, which may each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | It is RECOMMENDED that students also take
Introduction to Syntax (LASC11085)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | It is recommended that students take Syntax: Theory and Practice, Phonological Theory and/or Structure of a Language. These courses can be taken concurrently, e.g. Morphology and STP in the same semester. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 5 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Portfolio 100%
Students will submit exercises and self-reflections after each class, a mid-semester self-evaluation at the mid-semester point, a group project towards the end of the semester, and a final self-evaluation.
We want to evaluate:
¿ What we've learned and how we've grown (portfolio: reflections)
¿ How well we've learned the skills (portfolio: exercises)
¿ How we can apply the new knowledge (project)
Accordingly, self-assessment will rely on the following:
¿ Portfolio (Learn Journal) with self-reflection and answers to exercises
¿ Self-evaluations at midterm and end of semester
¿ Group project
Working in pairs or small groups on the exercises will be permitted (and encouraged).
Students give themselves marks at the end of the course, based on their self assessment. The instructor reserves the right to change these. |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- be thoroughly familiar with concepts and ideas used in the study of complex words
- be able to apply these concepts and ideas to new and unfamiliar data
- be able to critically evaluate literature that makes use of these concepts and ideas
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Itamar Kastner
Tel: (0131 6)50 6802
Email: itamar.kastner@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sasha Wood
Tel:
Email: swood310@ed.ac.uk |
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