Morphology I

Graduate / Professional

In this course, we dive into the fascinating world of morphology, where we uncover the inner workings of words and explore how they’re constructed from smaller building blocks. As theoretical linguists—and morphologists—our objective is to understand what shapes language at the morphological level. This semester, we tackle a wide array of topics, from methods of morphological analysis to the mechanisms that seem to give language its flexibility, including affixation, reduplication, compounding, and cliticization. We also examine how morphology interacts with other areas of grammar, such as phonology and syntax. Prerequisites: None MW 1:05pm-2:20pm