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LING3383 – Morphosyntax: The Meaningful Components of Words
2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance
Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Senior Lecturer
Joe Blythe
Contact via 0409881153
12SW, Room 566
Administration
Margaret Wood
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
50cp at 2000 level or above including 10cp of LING units at 2000 level
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the internal structure of words, taking a typological perspective on the world's languages. It considers the interface between morphology, syntax and phonological structure. Alternative theories of word formation will be critically compared and contrasted, especially in the light of the typological diversity vs. uniformity revealed by the world's 7000 languages.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Critically analyse morphologically complex words from a range of typologically diverse languages.
- ULO2: Compare and contrast word structures across language and language families.
- ULO3: Develop levels of argumentation sufficient to explain synchronic morphological and morphophonological processes, as well as diachronic processes such as grammaticalization.
- ULO4: Evaluate your analyses within the context of current debates on morphological theory.
- ULO5: Communicate an understanding of how linguistic typology informs other fields of linguistics.
- ULO6: Effectively communicate the importance of of morphological diversity for theoretical linguistics.
General Assessment Information
Late Assessment Procedure
- Late submissions without an extension will receive a penalty of 3% of the total mark available for the assessment task per day including weekend days (i.e. this is 3% of the total marks possible for the task – NOT 3% of the marks the student received. For example, if the assessment task is worth 100 marks and the student is two days late their mark for the task is reduced by 6 marks.)
- Late submission of an assessment task without an extension will not be accepted at all after the date on which marked assessment tasks have been released to the rest of the class. Any student with unsubmitted work at this date will receive a mark of 0 for the assessment task.
- Extensions will only be given in special circumstances, and can be requested by completing the Special Consideration request at ask.mq.edu.au and providing the requisite supporting documentation.
- Extensions that will result in submissions after the assessment task has been returned to the class will require a separate assessment task to be completed at the unit convenor's discretion.
- For more information on Special Consideration, see the university website https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration\
- If a student fails the unit due to non-submission of an assignment or non-attendance at an exam, an FA grade will be applied in accordance with the University's Assessment Policy.
- Unit convenors have the discretion to determine whether or not students should fail a unit on the basis of lateness penalties alone if other learning outcomes of the unit have been met.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Assignment 1 | 30% | No | Week 5 |
| Assignment 2 | 30% | No | Week 9 |
| Examination | 40% | No | Exam week |
Assignment 1
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 30%
Morphological problems sets
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Critically analyse morphologically complex words from a range of typologically diverse languages.
- Compare and contrast word structures across language and language families.
- Develop levels of argumentation sufficient to explain synchronic morphological and morphophonological processes, as well as diachronic processes such as grammaticalization.
- Evaluate your analyses within the context of current debates on morphological theory.
- Effectively communicate the importance of of morphological diversity for theoretical linguistics.
Assignment 2
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 30%
Morphological problems sets
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Critically analyse morphologically complex words from a range of typologically diverse languages.
- Compare and contrast word structures across language and language families.
- Develop levels of argumentation sufficient to explain synchronic morphological and morphophonological processes, as well as diachronic processes such as grammaticalization.
- Evaluate your analyses within the context of current debates on morphological theory.
- Communicate an understanding of how linguistic typology informs other fields of linguistics.
Examination
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: Exam week
Weighting: 40%
Examination
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Critically analyse morphologically complex words from a range of typologically diverse languages.
- Compare and contrast word structures across language and language families.
- Develop levels of argumentation sufficient to explain synchronic morphological and morphophonological processes, as well as diachronic processes such as grammaticalization.
- Evaluate your analyses within the context of current debates on morphological theory.
- Communicate an understanding of how linguistic typology informs other fields of linguistics.
- Effectively communicate the importance of of morphological diversity for theoretical linguistics.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
The unit is taught as 2 x 1 hour lectures plus a 1 hour tutorial, per week. These will be be run back-to-back as a single 3 hour seminar, via zoom.
The zoom URL will be made available in the i-learn site.
There is no set textbook for this unit. A list of readings will be made available via Leganto. See the i-learn site.
Unit Schedule
This unit examines the internal structure of words, taking a typological perspective on the world's languages. It considers the interface between morphology, syntax and phonological structure. Alternative theories of word formation will be critically compared and contrasted, especially in the light of the typological diversity vs. uniformity revealed by the world's 7000 languages. Topics covered will include infection and derivation, agreement, phrase and clause structure, argument structure, valence, clitics, allomorphy and morphological complexity. The unit schedule will be listed on the i-learn site.
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