Prerequisite:  Completion of G330 with a grade of C- or better.
No previous background in linguistics assumed.

This course introduces students to German morphology, with emphasis
on description and analysis. Morphology is the branch of linguistics
devoted to the study of words.

We will consider the three major areas of German morphology:
(1)	inflection (grammatically determined forms of words: der
lange Mantel-ein langer Mantel-die langen Mäntel-lange Mäntel; singen-
sang-gesungen);
(2)	derivation (the creation of new words using devices such as
prefixes and suffixes:  finden-erfinden-Erfinder-Erfindung); and
(3)	compounding (the combination of two or more words to form a
single word, for which German is so famous:
Donaudampfschiffahrtgesellschaft,
Entwicklungsplanungskommissionsvorsitzende(r),
Dauerarbeitslosigkeitsbekämpfungsgesetz).
Students in this course should:
(1)	significantly enlarge their German vocabularies;
(2)	improve their grasp of the grammatically determined forms of
nouns, verbs, and adjectives; and
(3)	gain insights into the rules and principles governing the
structure of words in German.

Student performance in the course will be evaluated on the basis of
the following criteria:

Class participation		             20%
Quizzes (7)			             35%
Written assignments (4)	                     25%
Final exam			             20%

Texts:   Darski, Józef (1999) Bildung der Verbformen im
Standarddeutschen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. ISBN: 3-86057-717-4.

Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch (1996) 3., neu bearbeitete und
erweiterte Auflage. Mannheim: Dudenverlag. ISBN:  3-411-05503-0.

Lühr, Rosemarie (1989/1993) Neuhochdeutsch. 4., unveränderte Auflage.
Munich: Wilhlem Fink. ISBN: 3-8252-1349-8.

Weermann, Eva Maria (2001) Vocabulary Builder German: Mastering the
Most Common German Words and Phrases. New York: Barron’s. ISBN: 0-
7641-1823-4.

Instructor-generated handouts

*Counts toward COAS Distribution Requirement in NMMC/Mathematical
Sciences and Cognition or Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
*The language of instruction will be German.