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Morphology of the German Language

Code: 188264
ECTS: 4.0
Lecturers in charge: doc. dr. sc. Sandra Lukšić
Lecturers: doc. dr. sc. Sandra Lukšić - Seminar
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Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 15
Seminar 15
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Obtaining a comprehensive view of the key areas in morphology and mastering the most important concepts; mastering the basic features of word formation; analysing the structure of words and parts of words; mastering the ability to do the morphological analysis; gaining information about the structure of the German lexicon and the lexical and inflectional morphology of the German language.

1.Grammatical categories (2L+2S) 2. Content and function words (1L+1S) 3. Verbs (modal and auxiliary) (1L+1S) 4. German conjugation and verb valency (1L+1S) 5. Grammatical moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive (2L+2S) 6. Active and passive voice, the infinitive, the present and past participle (1L+1S) 7. Nouns (1L+1S) 8. Adjective declination (1L+1S) 9. Pronouns (1L+1S) 10. Definite and indefinite article (1L+1S) 11. Adverbs and prepositions (1L+1S) 12. Morphemic analysis: identifying morphemes of a given set of data (1L+1S) 13. German linguistics.Contemporary theories of morphology (1L+1S)
Learning outcomes:
  1. Students will be able to:
    - define the fundamental concepts in the field of morphology;
  2. - explain the morphological structure of German according to the principles of the structural theory of morphology;
  3. - explain the major morphological categories;
  4. - analyze contemporary texts.
Literature:
  1. Duden (2009). Die Grammatik. Unentbehrlich für richtiges Deutsch. Dudenverlag, Mannheim., Duden, Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2009.
  2. Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht, Helbig, G., Langenscheidt, München., 2008.
  3. Morphologie der deutschen Sprache, Römer, C., Niemeyer, Tübingen., 2006.
Optional literature:
  1. (2007). Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik, , Meibauer, J., Demske, U., Geilfuß-Wolfgang, J., Pafel, J., Ramers K. H., Rothweiler, M., Steinbach, M., Metzler, Stuttgart, 2007.
  2. Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft, , Bußmann, H., Kröner, Stuttgart, 2008.
  3. Studienbuch Linguistik, , Linke, A., Nußbaumer M., Portmann, P. R., Niemeyer, Tübingen., 2004.
2. semester
Mandatory course - Regular studij - German Language and Literature
Consultations schedule: