LIN 505 - LINGUISTIC MORPHOLOGY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

This course examines word structure in natural language. It compares current theoretical approaches to the analysis of inflection, derivation, and compounding, and identifies the dimensions of typological variation in each of these domains. Discussion includes extensive reference to languages other than English.

Prereq: LIN 221 and LIN 305 (or permission of instructor).