Morphology I

Course Information
TitleΜΟΡΦΟΛΟΓΙΑ Ι / Morphology I
Title in ItalianMorfologia I
Code11322
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolItalian Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600000747

Programme of Study: UPS School of Italian Language and Literature 2013

Registered students: 4
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Italian Language and LiteratureMandatory Elective Courses116

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600096139
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • Ισπανικά (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The objective of the course is to offer students basic knowledge about the morphotactics and morphosemantic structure of words, the operation of morphological units, as well as about the relationship of Morphology with other linguistic fields.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course is an introduction to basic concepts of morphology and to issues of synchronic description of the morphological structure. We focus particularly on the mechanisms that generate and renew vocabulary (derivation, declension, composition, etc.). We offer information on the definition and structure of words, the idetification of individual components and their basic characteristics, the rules and principles of word formation, the characteristics of the morphological operations of declension, derivation and composition, and the relationship of Morphology with other areas of linguistics such as Syntax, Phonology, etc.
Keywords
Morphology, morpheme, derivation, composition, declension
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
-Lecture presentation using PowerPoint files and web sources / programs. -Posting of teaching materials at the Department’s e-learning (moodle environment). -Communication with students via e-mail and e-learning.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1224.9
Reading Assigment100.4
Written assigments180.7
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Participation in classroom discussions. Papers/exercises, mid-term exam (optional). WRITTEN final exam (the exam covers all the topics of the course). Students must answer exercises (on linguistic theory and application of linguistic analysis) and in theory development questions. Evaluation criteria for the exercises/ linguistic applications are as follows: 1. Accuracy 2. Correctness For the theoretical questions the evaluation criteria are the following: 1. Accuracy and clarity 2. Comprehensibility and avoidance of redundant information
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
-Ράλλη, Αγγελική (2012), Μορφολογία, Αθήνα: Πατάκης -Crocco Galèas, Grazia (2007), Lezioni di morfologia I. Definizione ambiti e scopi, Salonicco: University Studio Press. -Crocco Galèas, Grazia (2011), Lezioni di morfologia II. Morfema e parola, Salonicco, University Studio Press. -Varela Ortega, Soledad (2005), Morfología léxica: la formación de palabras, Madrid: Gredos. -Διδακτικές Σημειώσεις από τη διδάσκουσα.
Last Update
06-06-2016