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Morphology of Urdu-Hindi

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Overview

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ABOUT THE COURSE:Morphology is a study of words. It basically deals with 'word formation', examines the relationship between words, and analyzes their constituent elements. Morphology focuses on the various morphemes that make up a word. The concepts such as 'morphemes', 'morphs' and 'allomorphs' are basic to the study of morphology. In other words, morphology refers to the mental system involved in word formation or to the branch of linguistics that deals with words, their internal structure, and how they are formed.INTENDED AUDIENCE:B.A. Linguistics/Indian languages course(FYUP)PREREQUISITES: Basic understanding of Phonetics and PhonologyINDUSTRY SUPPORT:Publishing and Media, Language Technology/NLP Companies, Translation Industry, Education Sector, and Lexicography and Dictionary Development organizations, Cultural and Literary Organizations.

Syllabus

Week 1 Morphology – Its Definition and Scope Morpheme, Morph, Allomorph

Week 2• Types of Morphemes• Conditioning of Allomorphs• Word and Morpheme

Week 3• Root, Stem, and Base• Simple, Complex & Compound Words• Word Formation

Week 4• Compounding• Inflection

Week 5• Derivation• Morphological Processes

Week 6• Morpho-phonemics• Sandhi

Week 7• Verbal Categories• Nominal Categories• Case Markers

Week 8• Postpositions• Causatives• Pronouns

Week 9• Verbs• Infinitives• Compound Verbs

Week 10• Conjunct Verbs• Adjectives• Adverbs

Week 11• Participles• Auxiliaries• Particles, Conjunctions, and Interjections

Week 12• Nida’s Principles for Identification of Morphemes• Morphemic Analysis: Segmentation and Grouping• Productivity

Taught by

Prof. Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, Dr. Noman Tahir

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