Linguistics 105: Morphology

Winter Quarter 2019

TTh 8-9:25, Cowell 131

This course is an introduction to morphology in the framework of generative grammar. The work for the course consists of weekly homework problems and exercises, and a final project. The problems and exercises exercise observation and analysis of linguistic data and the construction and testing of theories about morphology and its relation to other components of the grammar.

Instructor: Jorge Hankamer

SYLLABUS

Assignment 1: Hungarian

Assignment 2: Esperanto

Section 1: Aztec

16 Rules of Esperanto

16 Rules of Esperanto (Annotated)

Assignment 3: Turkish

Exercise 4: 4 Exercises

Assignment 3.5: Spanish

Assignment 4.5: Spanish

Assignment 4: Swahili

Assignment 5: Hindi/Urdu and Nepali

Michelle's Slides

Bruening 2018

Lexicalism slides

Assignment 6: German

More Assignment 6: More German

"End of Lexicalism"

"Response to Muller"

Assignment 7: Tzotzil

Tzotzil notes

Mueller 2007: Read at Your Own Risk

Assignment 8: Danish Definiteness

Section Exercise: Bulgarian Definiteness

Read pp 580-584 of Embick & Noyer 2001

Hankamer & Mikkelsen 2005: When Movement Must be Blocked

Final Assignment

Harley & Noyer 1999: Distributed Morphology