UCJNWOB1 Word Building

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Veronika Kotůlková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
This course gives students the opportunity to investigate the word-formation processes of Modern German. The first half of the course will explore the major word formation processes of German (compounding, derivation, blending), combining this survey with a thorough discussion of key concepts such as `morpheme`, `word`, `productivity` etc. The second half will focus on using the forms in written and spoken language. In the seminar part students can check their understanding of the principal word formation processes of German analyzing texts and corpora.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to word formation
    2. Structure of word formation processes
    3. Introduction to the types of word formation
    4. Compounding I: determinative compounds
    5. Compounding II: copulative compounds and other types
    6. Derivation I: noun derivative
    7. Derivation II: adjective derivative
    8. Derivation III: verb derivative
    9. Blending
    10. Textual functions of word formation processes I
    11. Textual functions of word formation processes I
    12. Word formation from a contrastive point of view
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Active participation in seminars
Final written examination
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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