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Morphology - מורפולוגיה



עברית

Prof. Yehuda N. Falk
Office 7812
Office hours Sundays & Wednesdays 14:45-15:30

Semester A 2011-2 Sundays and Wednesdays 10:30-12:00 in room 2705
2nd year BA requirement, Linguistics Department, Generative Linguistics Program

The course examines the primary concepts and issues in morphological theory and analysis: morphemes and allomorphy, inflection and derivation, morpheme-based vs. word-based approaches to morphology, paradigms, and the interaction between morphology and other components of the grammar.

Course Outline

  1. Basic Concepts
    1. Morphemes, Lexemes, Word Forms [Chapters 1&2]
    2. Morphological Processes [Chapter 3, section 1]
    3. The Lexicon [Chapter 4]
  2. Inflection and Derivation [Chapter 5]
  3. Morphological Theory
    1. General Architecture [Chapter 3, section 2]
    2. Word-Formation: Compounding and Derivation [Chapters 6&7]
    3. Inflection: Paradigms and Inflectional Classes [Chapter 8]
  4. Morphology and ...
    1. ... and Syntax [Chapters 9&11]
    2. ... and Phonology [Chapter 10]

Course requirements

Homeworks; worth 50% of the grade. Due in class one week after they are assigned. (If you want to do assignments on computer and would like help with phonetic symbols, phonological rules, features, etc., in word-processing, click here.)
Final exam: 50%. Sample final exams can be downloaded here and here.

Book

Martin Haspelmath Understanding Morphology The book must be brought to every class!

Handouts available for downloading in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format

Note: If these don't print correctly on your printer but display properly in Acrobat, try using the "Print as image" option in Acrobat.
Syllabus (30 October)
Tepehua numbers (30 October)
Tz'utujil Verbs (2 November)
Morphological Typology (2 November)
Paradigms (6 November)
Lexemes and Word Families (6 November)
Types of Morphemes (9 November)
Allomorphy (13 November)
Morphological Processes (16 November)
Some O'odham Morphology (20 November)
Lexicon (23 November)
Inflection (30 November)
Theoretical Architecture (11 December)
Morphological Rules (21 December)
Bracketing Paradoxes (28 December)
Inflectional Classes (8 January)
More Inflection (11 January)
Complications of Inflection (18 January)
n't (25 January)
Syntax and Morphology (29 January)

Announcements

Morphological terminology in English and Hebrew

Homeworks

Assigned 2 November, due 9 November: Zoque
Assigned 13 November, due 20 November: Allomorphy--Homework
Assigned 20 November, due 27 November: Plural Processes
Assigned 27 November, due 2 December: Lexicon and Root in Hebrew
Assigned 7 December, due 14 December: Inflection vs. Derivation
Assigned 28 December, due 4 January: Morphological Rules -- Homework
Assigned 4 January, due 11 January: Derivation -- Homework
Assigned 15 January, due 22 January: Spanish Inflectional Classes
Not obligatory: Assigned 29 January, due 5 February: Words and Phrases