COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MORPHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

Aims to make students comprehend the language's features of flexion and production(aggligunating,using affix-root relations,being fusional etc.),comprehend word types and structures of subordinatives and sentences,learn new ways of word production/creating.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe fundemental concepts of morphology
2   Explain the relation between linguistics and morphology with attributes
3   Prepare a morphological research outline
4   Understand the language's features of flexion and production,comprehend word types,subordinatives and sentence structures
5   Produce new words
6   Evaluate and criticize a morpholgical research
7   Make a language analysis via findings given.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to morphology Lexemes, word forms, words
2 Morphemes, roots, bases, stems
3 Leipzig Gloss Rules
4 Morpheme Classification: affixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, parafixes, interfixes
5 Allomorphy and Morph Classification: empty morph, zero morph, portmanteau morph, superfluos morph, replacive morph, submorpheme
6 Inflectional values Nominal inflections: Number, Case, Gender, Agreement
7 Inflectional values Verbal inflections: Tense, Aspect, Mood, Number, Person
8 mid-term
9 Voice and Verbal Morphology
10 Case Systems and Case Alignment
11 Morphological Typology: Fusion
12 Morphological Typology: Exponence
13 Morphological Typology: Flexion
14 Morphological Typology: Synthesis
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Haspelmath, M. (2002). Understanding Morphology. USA: Oxford University Press.
Langacker, R. W. (1972). Fundamentals of Linguistic Analysis. USA:H.B.J.
Matthews, P. (1991) Morphology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Question and Answer
4. Exercises on linguistic data

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4 and 5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 6 and 7 will be evaluated via data-based questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 86 29
FACULTY OF LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS C 157
ozgun.kosaner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

EVERY MONDAY : 12:00-12:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparing Group Assignments 1 14 14
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 7 7
Preparation for Quiz etc. 1 5 5
Preparation for Final Exam 1 17 17
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Mid-term 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155555
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5555
LO.655
LO.75