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Structure of Estonian I

Course code

EKE6101.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Eesti keele struktuur I

Course title in English

Structure of Estonian I

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Annika Hussar (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course provides basic knowledge of classifying and interpretation of phonologic and inflectional facts as well facts concerning word-formation, and proficiency in applying it to practical phonetic, phonological and morphological analysis.

Brief description of the course

Orthographies and transcriptions. Phonetic and phonological transcription. Letters and diacritics. The phonological interpretation of segmental and prosodic components of the sound system. Syllable types. Stress foot. Theory of segmental quantity degree. The essence of quantity degree.
An introductory linguistic-typological overview of the grammatical means used in languages. An analysis of Estonian morphophonology and morphological categories. Classification of Estonian parts of speech and morphological inflectional types.
Word-formation strategies. System of word-formation in Estonian, semantic groups of derivation suffixes and compounds,, word-formation patterns.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is acquainted with the main concepts and terms of phonetics and phonology;
- has an overview of phonetic, phonological, inflectional and word-formation system of Estonian language;
- has a systematic overview of Estonian morpho-phonological and morphological methods and they can use it in practical analysis.
- can analyze derived words and compounds according to word-formation principles and patterns.

Teacher

Reili Argus, Tiina Rüütmaa

The course is a prerequisite

Structure of Estonian II (EKE6102.HT)

Study programmes containing that course