160171 VO Introduction to Diachronic Morphology (2022S)
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Language: German
Examination dates
Wednesday
29.06.2022
09:00 - 10:00
Digital
Friday
22.07.2022
10:00 - 11:30
Digital
Thursday
27.10.2022
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Tuesday
31.01.2023
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Friday
04.03.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
18.03.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
25.03.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
01.04.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
08.04.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
29.04.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
06.05.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
13.05.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
20.05.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
27.05.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
03.06.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
10.06.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
17.06.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Friday
24.06.
09:00 - 10:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
How do word-formation processes arise and evolve? Why do noun compounds in German and Dutch show linking elements like -s-, -en-, -e- ..., which are only partially predictable? What does the emergence of pseudo-suffixes like -oholic or -gate tell us about the representation of word form and semantics in the human mind?This course is aimed at Indo-Europeanists and other linguists with a historical orientation. It explores the diachronic changes of three fundamental dimensions of word-formation processes: form, meaning and selection properties (/ productivity). The bulk of the course is a general survey of concrete patterns and mechanism of change in these three dimensions, such as juncture reanalysis and semantic shift. In addition, three patterns of a wider scope will also be addressed: grammaticalization, lexicalization, and competition.
Assessment and permitted materials
Mid-length written exercise (Take-Home-Exam) at the end of the semester.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The assessment of comprehension performance is based on the students' ability to classify concrete examples typologically and to assess diachronic developments of word-formation patterns of Indo-European languages in terms of language change theory.
Examination topics
Classification of process types and explanation of concrete examples in their linguistic-historical contexts.
Reading list
Rainer, Franz (2015). "Mechanisms and motives of change in word-formation." Word-formation. An international handbbook of the languages of Europe 3 (2015): 1761-1781.Wolfgang Dressler, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky & Franz Rainer (2014): Morphology and meaning: An overview. In: Morphology and meaning. Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012. Eds.: Franz Rainer, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky & Wolfgang U. Dressler. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, Series IV – Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 327): 3-46.
Association in the course directory
MA1-M5
MA4-WM1.1
MA4-WM1.3
MA4-WM1.4
MA4-WM1.1
MA4-WM1.3
MA4-WM1.4
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