Degrees incorporating this pedagocial element :
Description
Introduction to general morphology in a descriptive, typological and empirical approach.
- Splitting methods
- Morphological operations (affixation, reduplication, alternation)
- Concatenative and non-concatenative languages (prototypes: Arabic, Hebrew)
- The two Comrie indices (Synthesis-isolation and fusion-agglutination)
- Introduction to the morphology-phonology interface: some basics on the morphemic borders, allomorphs and suprasegmental phenomena considered from a morphological point of view.
+ 1 observation session of two canonical extremes: Sinitic type isolation (Mandarin) and Northern native American type polysynthesis (inuktitut)
+ 1 cross-disciplinary session with the deafness specialists on morphological operations in sign languages.
Bibliography
Structures of general morphology available in French.
(+ Work in progress, Caroline Imbert & Anna Söres)
Excerpts from Payne "Exploring Language Structure", Aronoff & Füdeman "Morphology" and Haspelmath & Sims "Understanding Morphology".
Courses offered by :
In brief
Period : Semester 1Credits : 3
Number of hours
- Tutorials (TD) : 24h
Location(s) : Grenoble
Language(s) : French
