This course provides an overview of the principles regulating the internal structure of complex words, focusing on English and how it compares with other languages. We will learn basic methods of determining this internal structure, and investigate the different strategies that language users apply in forming new words. We will discuss inflection, derivation and compounding.
The class will combine in a fortnightly rhythm lessons in the classroom together with independent tasks to be completed outside the classroom; the details will be explained at the first meeting. |