Morphology - Intro

TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Foreign Languages

Division of Linguistics, Culture & Literature
MORPHOLOGY
Course Code: 001167
Designed by Lam Quang Tuyet Minh

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COURSE BRIEFING
• General information
• Course objectives (COs)
• Course learning outcomes (CLOs)
• Brief course content
• Student’s tasks
• Course materials
• Description of evaluation
• Schedule
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Credits 2(2,0)
Time allocation 30 periods Self-Study 60 hours
Prerequisite No Prerequisite No
Code
Prior-Completion Introduction to Language - 001164
Co-requisite No
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course, students should be

able to:
- understand the basic concepts of
morphology, such as:
- morphemes (bases, affixes),
- word classification,
- processes of word formation,
- word classes
- analyze the language in terms of words.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
+ Remember, Understand, Apply the terms,

definitions, concepts, and morphemic rules in analyzing
the language.
+ Analyze and Evaluate the processes to form
words.
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Remember morphemic terms, definitions,

concepts, and rules.
2. Understand their meaning to describe,
distinguish, and categorize them.
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
3. Apply the basic to advanced knowledge to

analyze the language and employ this to
different subjects, such as syntax,
semantics, pragmatics, etc...
4. Analyze and Evaluate the processes to
form words.
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BRIEF COURSE CONTENT
• There are 7 chapters.

• Each chapter highlights in-depth contents of
Morphemes, Immediate Constituents,
Allomorphs, Word classification, Processes of
Word Formation, Form Classes and Structure
Classes.
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STUDENTS’ TASKS
Students are required to
•attend at least 80% of the classes.
•be serious in class meetings.
•actively perform the in-class tasks during contact
hours.
•actively involve in class activities, such as answering
questions and discussing in groups.
•have read in advance the chapters in the required and
recommended textbooks, and other readings to
improve their knowledge.
•do and submit homework on time;
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COURSE MATERIALS
• Required text
Stageberg, N. C, Oaks,
D. D., [2000], An
Introductory English
Grammar, Fifth
Edition, Cengage
Learning, Wadsworth,
Boston
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COURSE MATERIALS
Recommended
textbooks
[2]. McCarthy, A. C.,
[2002], An
Introduction to
English Morphology:
Words and Their
Structure, Edinburgh
University Press,
Edinburgh
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COURSE MATERIALS
• [3]. Lieber R.,

[2010],
Introducing
Morphology,
Cambridge
University Press,
New York.
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COURSE MATERIALS
Other useful
textbooks
[4]. Aronoff, M.,
Fudeman, K., [2011],
What is
morphology?,
(second edition),
Blackwell Publishing
Ltd, the United
Kingdom.
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COURSE MATERIALS
• [5]. Fromkin, V.,
Rodman, Hyams, N.,
Amberber M., Cox F.,
Thornton R., [2012],
An Introduction to
Language (eighth
edition), Cengage
Learning, Australia
and New Zealand.
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DESCRIPTION OF
EVALUATION
Evaluation Weight
Types of questions
categories (%)
Process
10 Process Exercise
evaluation 1
Process
20 Process Exercise
evaluation 2
Mid-term test 20 Constructed response test
Final
50 Constructed response test
examination
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SCHEDULE
Week Contents
1 Chapter 1: Morphemes
2 Chapter 1: Morphemes (Cont.)
3 Chapter 2: Immediate Constituents
4 Chapter 3: Allomorphs
5 Chapter 4: Word Classification
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SCHEDULE
Week Contents
6 Chapter 5: Processes of Word Formation
7 Chapter 5: Processes of Word Formation
(Cont.)
8 Chapter 6: Parts of Speech – Form Classes
9 Chapter 7: Parts of Speech – Structure
Classes
10 Review
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TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Foreign Languages

Designed by Lam Quang Tuyet Minh

08/12/2020 001167 - Introduction 2

Time allocation 30 periods Self-Study 60 hours

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On completion of the course, students should be

+ Remember, Understand, Apply the terms,

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1. Remember morphemic terms, definitions,

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3. Apply the basic to advanced knowledge to

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• There are 7 chapters.

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• [3]. Lieber R.,

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Mid-term test 20 Constructed response test

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2 Chapter 1: Morphemes (Cont.)

3 Chapter 2: Immediate Constituents

5 Chapter 4: Word Classification

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