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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: