Course title

German Morphology & Syntax

Instructor

LIU Fang

Instructor’s profile

Dr. LIU Fang obtained her Doctor degree from Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin). Her research interests are theoretical and applied linguistics in German.

Course goals

This course aims to the MA students of German Languages and Literature.

Topics

Topics to be covered in this course include morphological analysis in German (word formation & felxion), German syntax, syntaktical theories (dependence & valence grammar, gernerative Grammar) etc.

Assessment

2 assignments, 1 presentation and a final exam

Reference books

① Busch, Albert / Stenschke, Oliver (2008): Germanistische Linguistik. Eine Einführung. Tübingen: Narr (= bachelorwissen).

② Linke, Angelika / Nussbaumer, Markus / Portmann, Paul R. (2004): Studienbuch Linguistik. Tübingen: M. Niemeyer.

③ Altmann, Hans (2010): Prüfungswissen Syntax. UTB. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

④ Altmann, Hans (2011): Prüfungswissen Wortbildung. UTB. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

⑤ Vater, Heins (2002): Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft. München: Wilhelm Fink.

Working language

German

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