Course: Morphology

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Course title Morphology
Course code UMJL/A3MOR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Masár Machová Dagmar, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Mazáková Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
The course Morphology covers the following topics: - Parts of speech: criteria for establishing categories - Morphology of Nouns and Determiners -Number and Countability, Case, Animacy/ Gender - Noun Phrases and their structure - Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns - Reflexive and Reciprocal pronouns - The category A (Adjectives/ Adverbs) - Morphology of Verbs: Tense, Aspect - Active/ Passive Voice and Agreement - Auxiliaries and Modals - Auxiliaries: do, be and have

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Practice exercises
  • Preparation for course credit - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 40 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of terminology related to grammar - secondary school level
Knowledge of terminology related to grammar - secondary school level
learning outcomes
Define morpheme types (inflectional vs derivational) with their functions
Define morpheme types (inflectional vs derivational) with their functions
List word catergories (Parts of speech) and their semantic, morphological and syntactic features
List word catergories (Parts of speech) and their semantic, morphological and syntactic features
List phrase types, their heads and structures
List phrase types, their heads and structures
Define case with Nouns and Pronouns
Define case with Nouns and Pronouns
List types of pronouns and their antecedents
List types of pronouns and their antecedents
Define verb categories (person, number, tense, aspect, mood, voice) with their morphemes
Define verb categories (person, number, tense, aspect, mood, voice) with their morphemes
List semantic and morphosyntactic properties of modals and auxiliaries
List semantic and morphosyntactic properties of modals and auxiliaries
Skills
Analyze morpheme types and their functions
Analyze morpheme types and their functions
Identify word categories/Parts of speech based on the semantic and morphosyntactic properties of a morpheme
Identify word categories/Parts of speech based on the semantic and morphosyntactic properties of a morpheme
Analyze the type phrase, its head and structure
Analyze the type phrase, its head and structure
Identify correctly the case with nouns and pronouns
Identify correctly the case with nouns and pronouns
Analyze correctly the type of pronouns and their antecedents
Analyze correctly the type of pronouns and their antecedents
Analyze verbal morphology
Analyze verbal morphology
Identify semantics of modals and auxiliaries and analyze their positions in the predicate
Identify semantics of modals and auxiliaries and analyze their positions in the predicate
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Written examination
Written examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Essay
Essay
Recommended literature
  • HUDDLESTON, R. and P., GEOFFREY K. A Students Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
  • HUDDLESTON, R. and P., GEOFFREY K. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
  • QUIRK, R. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1989.
  • QUIRK, R., and GREENBAUM, S. A Student´s Grammar of the English language. Longman, 1991.
  • SVOBODA, A. and Kučera, K. English Parts of Speech. An E-learning Text in English Morphology. Opava: Slezská Univerzita v Opavě, 2003.
  • Veselovská, Ludmila. English Morphology Syllabi for the Lectures, Examples and Exercises. Olomouc, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-5130-5.
  • Veselovská, Ludmila. English Morphosyntax Syllabi for the Lectures, Examples and Exercises. Olomouc, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-5129-9.


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