Universität Wien

160154 PS Morphological change (2007W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 17.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 24.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 31.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 07.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 14.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 21.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 28.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 05.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 12.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 09.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 16.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 23.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Wednesday 30.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Besides the study of sound change, diachronic morphology is the second cornerstone of research on language change. Along with changes in the distribution and frequency of occurrence, innovations of form and function of morphological units form the bulk of what historical grammar establishes as language change. Deliberate knowledge of the forms and types of morphological change ist therfore indispensable not only for language historians, but part and parcel of general linguistic education.
In this introductory seminar, the phenomena of morphological change will be examined from all sides: the cognitive basis of grammatical categories and processes, the semiotically grounded stability and variability of markers, the interaction of phonological, syntactic and semantic factors in morphogenesis and grammaticalization, to name just a few. Special regard will be payed to the typological aspect of word structure.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this lecture is to enhance students' apprehension of historical processes and patterns of change, both empirically and theoretically, towards a multimodal understanding of language history.

Examination topics

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966; entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 49:
Article 27. In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or use their own language.

Reading list

Brian D. Joseph/Richard D. Janda (eds.), The Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Oxford, Blackwell, 2003 (Part IV: Morphological and Lexical Change, pp.423-492).

Association in the course directory

H 133, H 212, 803, 209

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