IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) THE WORDS OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE Code 12264121
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Language and Literature (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third 2Q
Language
Castellà
Department Romance Studies
Coordinator
MORENO VILLANUEVA, JOSÉ ANTONIO
E-mail joseantonio.moreno@urv.cat
Lecturers
MORENO VILLANUEVA, JOSÉ ANTONIO
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General description and relevant information <p>This course aims to gain knowledge and mastery of the procedures that allow the internal analysis of words. The units of the morphological component are delimited, defined and classified; it describes how these units are grouped in the respective paradigms, and, finally, the way in which the units that make up the words are combined and constituted to conform their internal structure is explained.</p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A9 Demostrar que coneix l'estructura, l'ús, la variació i l'evolució històrica de la llengua espanyola.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT5 Communicate information clearly and precisely to a variety of audiences.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A9 Coneix l’estructura morfològica de la llengua espanyola.
Analitza morfològicament les paraules de la llengua espanyola.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT5 Produce quality texts that have no grammatical or spelling errors, are properly structured and make appropriate and consistent use of formal and bibliographic conventions.
Draw up texts that are structured, clear, cohesive, rich and of the appropriate length.
Draw up texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation, consistent and persuasive.
Use the techniques of non-verbal communication and the expressive resources of the voice to make a good oral presentation.
Construct a discourse that is structured, clear, cohesive, rich and of the appropriate length.
Produce a discourse that is appropriate to the communicative situation, consistent and persuasive, and interact effectively with the audience.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Morphology. The units of morphological analysis 1.1. Origin of the term
1.2. Morphology and linguistics
1.3. Inflection, derivation and composition
1.4. The morpheme Classes of morphemes
1.5. Basic aspects of morphological analysis
1.6. Difficulties and limitations of morphological analysis
2. The word. Word classes
2.1. The word and its morphological scope
2.2. How many word classes?
2.3. Four binary classifications
2.4. Classification and identification criteria
3. Inflection and its analysis. Nominal inflection 3.1. Inflection properties
3.2. The paradigms
3.3. The gender
3.4. The number

4. Verbal inflection 4.1. Morphological information present in verbal forms
4.2. The segmentation of the verbal form
4.3. Morphological characteristics of the Spanish verbal system

5. The derivation and its analysis (I). The suffixation 5.1. Definition, problem and object of study
5.2. Analysis of the complex word
5.3. Types of derivation
5.4. The suffixation
6. The derivation and its analysis (II). The prefixation. The interfixation 6.1. The prefixation
6.2. The interfixation
7. The composition and its analysis 7.1. Composition properties
7.2. Classes of compounds
7.3. Compound morphology and syntax
7.4. Relationships between compounds and phrases
8. Other word formation procedures 8.1. Abbreviations
8.2. Acronyms

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A9
CT5
2 0 2
Lecture
A9
CT5
30 0 30
Problem solving, exercises
A9
CT5
0 80 80
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A9
CT5
12 12 24
Personal attention
A9
CT5
2 0 2
 
Mixed tests
A9
CT5
2 10 12
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities
Lecture
Problem solving, exercises
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
Personal attention

Personalized attention
Description

Té com a objectiu resoldre els dubtes que tinguin els estudiants, mitjançant atenció al despatx, per correu electrònic o per videoconferència.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises
A9
CT5
L'estudiant farà una sèrie d'exercicis pràctics durant el curs. El lliurament d'aquestes pràctiques a la data establerta és requisit per aprovar l'assignatura. La nota resultarà de la mitjana aritmètica de les activitats pràctiques presentades. 70% de la nota final
Mixed tests
A9
CT5
L'estudiant farà una prova final presencial que es realitzarà al final del quadrimestre. 30% de la nota final
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Si l'estudiant no assoleix en alguna o vàries activitats d'avaluació la nota mínima (5/10) a la primera convocatòria, podrà assolir-ho a la segona convocatòria. Si no ha presentat o no ha assolit cap de les activitats d'avaluació de la primera convocatòria, caldrà que es presenti a un examen final únic dins de la segona convocatòria, que suposarà el 100% de l'avaluació.

A les activitats i proves s'avalua la correcció i adequació d'acord amb la rúbrica de comunicació oral i escrita aprovada pel Consell d'Ensenyament del grau de Llengua i Literatura Hispàniques.


Sources of information

Basic Aguirre, Carmen, Manual de morfología, Madrid: Castalia, 2013
Ambadiang, Théophile, La morfología flexiva, Madrid: Taurus, 1993
Bosque, Ignacio, Las categorías gramaticales, Madrid: Síntesis, 2015
Bosque, Ignacio y Demonte, Violeta (dirs.), Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1999
Fábregas, Antonio, La morfología. El análisis de la palabra compleja, Madrid: Síntesis, 2014
Lang, Mervin F., La formación de palabras en español, Madrid: Cátedra, 1992
RAE, Nueva gramática de la lengua española. Morfología y sintaxis, Madrid: Espasa, 2009
RAE, Nueva gramática de la lengua española. Manual, Madrid: Espasa, 2010
Varela, Soledad, Morfología léxica: La formación de palabras, Madrid: Gredos, 2005
García Page, Mario, Cuestiones de morfología española, Madrid: Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces, 2006

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