Ling 521 Morphology, Fall '03
grammatical categories
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interactions
with lexical classes |
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interactions
with other categories |
audible expression of grammatical
categories
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particles |
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affixes |
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clitics |
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stem-internal
changes (infixation, ablaut, reduplication, prosody) |
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directionality
of stem/stem relationships in ablaut systems |
modular structure of grammars
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morphology
versus “syntax” |
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morphology
versus “phonology” |
course requirements
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a)
analyse and discuss data problem sets |
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b)
read and comment on papers |
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c)
assigned presentations |
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d)
final research project (15-20 pp.) |
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Much
of the work will involve analysis of extended data sets from various
languages |
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Sep
8 |
Introduction |
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Sep
15 |
deictics,
person, gender-number, case, agreement, referential tracking |
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Sep
22 |
complex
agreement systems (northern |
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Sep
29 |
TAM
(tense/aspect/mood) systems (Russian, Hopi, northern |
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Oct
6 |
morphosyntax:
causatives, focalization, bidirectional case-marking |
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Oct
15 |
ablaut
by templates (Arabic nouns/adjectives) |
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Oct
20 |
ablaut
by templates (Arabic verbs; Sierra Miwok [ |
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Oct
27 |
componential
ablaut and accent (Tuareg) |
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Nov
3 |
grammatical
tone systems |
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Nov
10 |
interactions
between lexicon and grammatical categories (kinship, possession) |
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Nov
17 |
compounds,
numeral phrases, coordination (conjunction) |
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Nov
24 |
cliticization |
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Dec
1 |
history:
grammaticalization versus formal renewal (hermit crabs and lost wax) |
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Dec
8 |
student
presentations |