Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500245 English Studies | OT | 3 | 0 |
2500245 English Studies | OT | 4 | 0 |
- Students should have passes Use of English 1 and 2 to register for the course.
- The course requires an initial level of English C2 (Proficiency) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. With C2, students can understand almost everything they read or hear without effort; they can summarise information from different oral and written sources, reconstruct facts and arguments and present them in a coherent way; they can express themselves spontaneously, with fluency and precision, distinguishing subtle nuances of meaning even in the most complex situations.
This subject offers an in-depth analysis of the areas of English morphology, lexicology and semantics. It focuses on the analysis of the most important inflectional phenomena and on the analysis of word structure (derivation and compounding). Secondly, it studies the structure of the lexicon and lexical models. Thirdly, it distinguishes between lexical semantics and sentence semantics and analyses both of them.
- Introduction to theoretical framework. Structuralist morphology vs. generativist morphology.
- Morphology and morphological analysis. Inflectional and derivational morphology.
- Inflection in English
- Word formation processes. Analysis of derived and compound words. Typology.
- Lexicology. Lexical access and categorization.
- Structure of the lexicon. Types of words. The lexeme.
- Processes that characterise the lexicon in English.
- Semantics. Lexical semantics and sentence semantics.
- Denotation, reference and connotation. Semantic fields and semantic networks.
- Semantic ambiguity.
The methodology of this subject is based on a combination of lectures, group discussions, practical exercises and individual tutorials.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures with ICT support | 25 | 1 | 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
Practical exercises and class discussions | 25 | 1 | 1, 5, 7, 11, 9, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Class practice and individual tutorials | 25 | 1 | 2, 1, 7, 6, 8, 9, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and study; assignments | 50 | 2 | 2, 3, 1, 5, 7, 6, 8, 11, 9, 4, 10, 12 |
Assignment 1: 10%
Assignment 2: 10%
Exam 1: 35%
Exam 2: 35%
Exercises and activities: 10%
REASSESSMENT:
Students with a final mark of at least 3.5/10 that have fully completed all assessment items and that have passed at least 45% of the course are entitled to sit the reassessment exam. For the final grade, all assessment items are taken into account (according to the percentages specified above). The reassessment test is a written exam to be sat at the time assigned by the Faculty and which covers the contents of the entire course. The reassessment mark is 5/10 at most. Specific exercises cannot be reassessed (unless students missed them for justified reasons). Reassessment cannot be used to obtain a higher final course grade.
- VERY IMPORTANT: Total or partial plagiarism of any of the exercises will automatically be considered "fail" (0) for the plagiarized item and for the whole course, if plagiarism is repeated. Plagiarism is copying one or more sentences from unidentified sources, presenting it as original work (THIS EXCLUDES COPYING SENTENCES OR FRAGMENTS FROM THE INTERNET AND ADDING THEM WITHOUT MODIFICATION TO A TEXT WHICH IS PRESENTED AS ORIGINAL). Plagiarism is a serious offence. Students must learn to respect the intellectual property of others, identifying any source they may use, and take responsibility for the originality and authencity of the texts they produce.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Activities | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 3, 1, 5, 7, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
Assignment 1 | 10% | 5.5 | 0.22 | 3, 1, 7, 11, 10 |
Assignment 2 | 10% | 5.5 | 0.22 | 2, 3, 1, 7, 8, 11, 9, 12 |
Exam 1 | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 1, 7, 6, 11, 9, 4, 10 |
Exam 2 | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 9 |
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Aronoff, Mark & Kirsten Fudeman (2005) What is morphology? London: Blackwell.
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