Estonian Phonetics and Morphology
Course code
EKE6318.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Eesti keele foneetika ja morfoloogia
Course title in English
Estonian Phonetics and Morphology
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide basic knowledge of classifying and interpretation of phonologic and morphologic facts, 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: criticism of the theory.
An introductory linguistic-typological overview of the grammatical means used in languages and the development mechanisms of various morphological types. An analysis of Estonian morpho(phono)logical methods: systems of suppletion and morphological categories. Classification of Estonian parts of speech and morphological inflectional types. Against this background the classification of Estonian parts of speech is presented: inflectional parts of speech - verbs and declinable words, invariable parts of speech.
An introductory linguistic-typological overview of the grammatical means used in languages and the development mechanisms of various morphological types. An analysis of Estonian morpho(phono)logical methods: systems of suppletion and morphological categories. Classification of Estonian parts of speech and morphological inflectional types. Against this background the classification of Estonian parts of speech is presented: inflectional parts of speech - verbs and declinable words, invariable parts of speech.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is acquainted with main concepts and terms of phonetics and phonology;
- has an overview of phonetic and phonological system of Estonian language;
- has a systematic overview of Estonian morpho-phonological and morphological methods and ha/she can use it in practical analysis;
- is able to identify the declension and conjugation types of words and generate all permitted parallel forms.
- is acquainted with main concepts and terms of phonetics and phonology;
- has an overview of phonetic and phonological system of Estonian language;
- has a systematic overview of Estonian morpho-phonological and morphological methods and ha/she can use it in practical analysis;
- is able to identify the declension and conjugation types of words and generate all permitted parallel forms.
Teacher
Reili Argus
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