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LIN 4150MORPHOLOGY Kathryn BartholomewWinter 2009 Marston 218

Office hours: 3-4 T, 10-11 Wand by appointment

Phone: (206) 281-3533

E-mail:kbarthol@spu.edu

COURSE OBJECTIVES

LIN 4150 contributes towards meeting the goals of the programs that form the

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures:

1. To understand the rich diversity of world languages and cultures, bothancient and modern.

It serves the mission of the linguistics program and the university by developing abackground in theoretical knowledge and practical skills. It offers a thorough

study of word structures and processes of both derivation and inflection, with

problem-solving experience in the analysis of English and other languages.

COURSE MATERIALS

What is Morphology?, Aronoff & Fudeman, 2005

A good dictionary of English

Worksheets and other handouts (posted on Blackboard)

CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change if necessary)

1/6 Course introduction; morphemes, words and lexemes

1/13 Morphology and phonology

1/20 Derivation and the lexicon

1/27 Derivation and semantics

2/3 Inflection

2/10 Morphology and syntax

2/17 Morphological productivity

2/24 Review; Presentations

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3/3 Presentations

3/10 Presentations

REQUIREMENTS

1. Active participation in class discussions. This will depend on thoroughpreparation by reading the chapter to be discussed and writing out allexercises before class. Students may be called upon to present their

solutions to the exercises at any time.

2. Group projectsee attached guidelines. Projects will be presented duringthe last three class sessions, and revised as necessary before they are

handed in.

3. Comprehensive take-home final examination, due 3/17.

GENERAL POLICIES

All assignments should be typed and printed. It is expected that all documents

handed in, with the exception of in-class work, will have been carefully proofreadfor typographic, orthographic and grammatical errors. The University-wide

policy on academic integrity will be observed in this class.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT

If you have a specific disability that qualifies you for academic accommodations,please contact Disabled Student Services in the Center for Learning to make your

accommodations request. You can reach Bethany Anderson, the program

coordinator, atdisabilityservices@spu.eduor (206) 281-2272. Once youreligibility has been determined, Disabled Student Services will send a Disability

Verification Letter to your professors indicating what accommodations have been

approved.

EVALUATION

Grades will be based on class participation, term paper and final examination, inapproximately equal measure.

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