Universität Wien

120064 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA historical & descriptive linguistics (2011S)

Historical English word-formation

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung


Early topics:

1. Word-formation: basic principles and frameworks (Marchand, Bauer, Plag, Coseriu, etc.)

2. The role of productivity in word-formation (synchronic and diachronic)

3. Why is the demarcation of compounding and affixation difficult both synchronically and diachronically?

4. The genesis of affixes in English.

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 08.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 15.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 22.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 29.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 05.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 12.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 03.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 10.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 17.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 24.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 31.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 07.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 21.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 28.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Word-formation deals with the creation of new lexical items according to productive morpho-semantic patterns, such as compounding (beefwar, history-changer, homepage, couch potato, walkman, Euroland, glide-walk), prefixation (rebrand, unmurder, download, minidisk), suffixation (slacker, quizzee, Nettie, Blairite), Blending (Clintonomics, cybercafé, Dimania, docusoap), acronyms (DVD, HTML). Especially the latter less regular patterns have become very productive in the last years and will form one focus of the seminar.
First we will look at the Modern English word-formation patterns and their properties (compounding, prefixing, suffixing, zero, etc,). In the second part we will look at the historical development of these patterns, especially into the history and rivalry of native and non-native patterns of the type disconnect, detoxify, unfasten; afterthought, post-war; asymmetric, disloyal, incapable, non-white, unfair; ante-diluvian, foretell, precook.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment: oral presentation of a paper in class (ca. 45 minutes), written version of the oral presentation, written paper (ca. 20 pages, 7000 words for a seminar paper, ca. 30 pages, ca. 10 000 words for a B.A. paper), class participation, active participation in the seminar discussions. The quality of your English performance will form an important part of the grading!

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Familiarity with the principles of English word-formation and the most productive present-day English patterns as well as their history.

Prüfungsstoff

Oral presentation (ca. 45 min.), written paper (ca. 20 pages, 7000 words for a seminar paper, ca. 30 pages, ca. 10 000 words for a B.A. paper), class participation

Literatur

Bauer, Laurie, 1983. English word-formation. (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Dieter Kastovsky: English word-formation. Lecture notes (available via e-mail from Dieter Kastovsky (Dieter.Kastovsky@univie.ac.at) by personal request

As additional introductory reading the following are suggested:

Hans Marchand. 1969. The categories of present-day English word-formation. 2nd revisd edition. Munich: Beck. (introductory chapters)
Plag, Ingo, 2003. Word-formation in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, BA8, ME4;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0211

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33