Overview
Description
Primary topics of the class: assumptions, units of analysis, and representational models of theoretical frameworks in morphology; complications with defining ‘word’ cross-linguistically; internal organization of words; organization of words into paradigms; the relationship of word structure to sentence and sound structure; the range of cross-linguistic variation in word structure; and the connection between cross-cultural variation and variation in word structure.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- assess and analyze linguistic problems in morphological structure in English and in a variety of other languages.
- apply morphological principles and theories to language data from English and a variety of other languages.
- demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills in morphological theory and analysis.
- explain and illustrate the scientific process as it applies to the analysis of language data.
- demonstrate how insights from morphology inform problems of societal concern.
- demonstrate mastery of primary data and/or secondary literature through a research project in morphological theory and analysis.