Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500245 English Studies | OT | 3 | 0 |
2500245 English Studies | OT | 4 | 0 |
- Students should have passed 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.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
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 |
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
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.
Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
- VERY IMPORTANT:
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer themfeasible alternatives.
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 |
Adger, David (2003) Core Syntax. A Minimalist Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Aitchison, Jean (2012) Words in the Mind. An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Aronoff, Mark & Kirsten Fudeman (2005) What is morphology? London: Blackwell.
Aronoff, Mark (1994) Morphology by Itself. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.
Bochner, Harry (1993) Simplicity in Generative Morphology. The Hague: Mouton de Gruyter. Halliday, M., Teubert, X., Yallop, C. & A.
Cermakova, Anna (2000) Lexicology and Corpus Linguistics. An Introduction. London: Continuum.
Frawley, William (2013) Linguistic semantics. London: Routledge.
Geeraerts, Dirk (2010) Theories of Lexical Semantics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Haspelmath, Martin & Andrea Sims (2010) Understanding morphology. London: Routledge.
Katamba, Francis (1993) Morphology. London: Macmillan.
Katamba, Francis (2004) Morphology: its Place in the Wider Context. London: Routledge.
Lipka, Leonhard (2002) English lexicology: Lexical Structure, Word Semantics & Word Formation. 2nd edition. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
Loebner, Sebastian (2013) Understanding semantics. London: Routledge.
Spencer, Andrew & Arnold Zwicky (2001) The Handbook of Morphology. London: Blackwell.
No specific program required.