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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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Teaching code

4S002920

Credits

9

Language

German de

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/14 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - GERMAN

Period

Semester 2 dal Feb 26, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.

Learning outcomes

The main aim of this course is to introduce students to the analysis of the German morphological system.

On successful completion of this course students are able to:

- describe the basic categories of German morphology;
- characterize and explain the main morphological processes of German;
- describe the most important differences between the main morphological processes of German and Italian;
- apply the acquired knowledge to specific examples, that is words of the common language and of the language for specific purposes.

Program

"Introduction to German morphology"

This course, which does not have as a prerequisite any specific background in linguistics, introduces students to the study of German morphology with emphasis on description and analysis. Students will become familiar with central concepts such as ‘Morphem’, ‘Morph’, ‘Allomorph’, ‘Fugenelement’, ‘Ablaut’, ‘Umlaut’, ‘Wortbildungsprozess’, ‘Produktivität’, etc. Word structure and word structure rules will be described and scientific analysis techniques will be practiced. In particular German-Italian similarities and contrasts in word formation processes will be highlighted.

This course is taught in German. Students not attending the course should contact the Professor in order to get a detailed explanation of their program.

Teaching method: frontal teaching.

Bibliographic references

Alber, Birgit (2004). Einführung in die Morphologie des Deutschen. Trento: UNI Service. (Ristampa 2015. Verona: QuiEdit). The book is for students attending the course.

Römer, Christine; Matzke, Brigitte (2010). Der deutsche Wortschatz. Struktur, Regeln und Merkmale. Tübingen: Narr Verlag. Students not attending the course have to read the book up to page 169.

Additional material is available on the e-learning platform of the course.

The following books are for those students who have difficulties in reading the German texts:


Graffi, Giorgio e Sergio Scalise (2002). Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica, Bologna, Il Mulino.

Sergio Scalise (1994). Morfologia. Bologna, Il Mulino.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Römer, Christine; Matzke, Brigitte Der deutsche Wortschatz. Struktur, Regeln und Merkmale. Narr Verlag 2010
Alber, Birgit Einführung in die Morphologie des Deutschen (Edizione 2) QuiEdit 2015 978-88-6464-292-5
Graffi, Giorgio; Scalise, Sergio Le lingue e il linguaggio. Introduzione alla linguistica (Edizione 3) Il Mulino, Bologna 2013 9788815241795
Scalise, Sergio Morfologia Il Mulino 1994

Examination Methods

Exams are only written and in German. During the examination students should answer two questions and solve some exercises. Students not attending the course should contact the Professor in a timely manner, in order to get a detailed explanation of their program and written exam. The written exam will be similar to the one of the students attending the course. Linguistic competence required: level B2 (CEFR), certified either by the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA) or by any other authorized testing centre. Students taking this exam must have completed the language and literature exams of the first and second year. The final grade is the mean of the grade of this theoretic module and of the grade of the language certificate (B2).

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE