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Section: Words

This section covers a selection of the topics listed below. The lecturers were encouraged to shape their courses based on the individual properties of the language at issue and their own linguistic and pedagogical views.

  • overview
    morphological type, major morphological devices, word classes
  • stem formation
    various types of derivation and compounding
  • inflection
    declension and conjugation

Old Albanian

Old Albanian, words, unit 1

SQI-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49078

stem formation of the verb: present stems, imperative stems, aorist stems, optative stems, participles, stem suppletion

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Old Albanian, words, unit 2

SQI-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49077

the verb ‘to be’: forms of the paradigm, insights from a Balkanological, an Indo-European, or a cross-linguistic perspective

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Classical Armenian

Class. Armenian, words, unit 1

XCL-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48953

word formation: morphological devices (pre-, suffixing, reduplication, etc.), composition

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Class. Armenian, words, unit 2

XCL-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48952

morphological type, word classes (nouns, adjectives, verbs…), case, number, inflexional classes, adjectives

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Class. Armenian, words, unit 3

XCL-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48951

verb 1: overview, categories, two-stem system, tense and aspect, aspect and mood, voice

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Class. Armenian, words, unit 4

XCL-MOR-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48950

verb 2 (stems, inflection): two-stem system, present stems, strong/weak aorists, classes and paradigms

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Class. Armenian, words, unit 5

XCL-MOR-005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48949

verb 3 (derivation, nonfinite forms): verbal derivation, productive suffixes, nonfinite forms

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Avestan

Avestan, words, unit 1

AVE-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49088

morphological outline: morphological type and devices, word classes, Caland system, nominal composition

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Avestan, words, unit 2

AVE-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49089

nominal stem formation and inflection, inner-paradigmatic ablaut and heteroclisis, stem classes, number

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Avestan, words, unit 3

AVE-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49090

verb: aspect and tense in Old and Young Avestan, verbal stem formation, voice, participles and verbal adjectives

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Gothic

Gothic, words, unit 1

GOT-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49509

noun stem formation and composition: nominal system, stem formation, major noun classes, nominal composition

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Gothic, words, unit 2

GOT-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49508

adjectives, demonstratives and pronouns: inflection, gradation of adjectives, classes of pronouns, participles

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Gothic, words, unit 3

GOT-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49507

verbal stem formation: relevant morphosyntactic features, structure of the stem, strong versus weak verbs, overview of verb classes

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Gothic, words, unit 4

GOT-MOR-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49506

verbal inflection: preterite presents, copula ‘be’, inflectional endings, summary of verbal inflection, verbal prefixes

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek, words, unit 1

GRC-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48909

derivation: morphological type, roots and suffixes, ablaut, the Caland System

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Ancient Greek, words, unit 2

GRC-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48910

compounding: general grammatical and typological considerations, right-oriented and left-oriented compounds

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Ancient Greek, words, unit 3

GRC-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48911

declension: categories, gender, noun vs. adjective, special issue on confused nominal paradigms

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Ancient Greek, words, unit 4

GRC-MOR-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/48912

conjugation: verbal categories, verb stem formation, sample paradigms, voice, various forms of reduplication

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Hittite

Hittite, words, unit 1

HIT-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49519

introduction and word formation: morphological type, word classes, word formation processes, derivation, compounding

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Hittite, words, unit 2

HIT-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49518

nominal inflection:
nominal categories, nominal and adjectival inflection, inflectional classes, inflection of pronouns

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Hittite, words, unit 3

HIT-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49515

verbal inflection:
verbal categories, inflectional classes, verbal inflection, stem formation, non-finite forms of the verb

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Old Irish

Old Irish, words, unit 1

SGA-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49239

general morphological introduction, nominal inflection and formation

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Old Irish, words, unit 2

SGA-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49240

verbal complex: elements of the verb complex, verb-avoidance strategies

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Old Irish, words, unit 3

SGA-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49241

verbal categories and dimensions, verbal paradigms

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Old Irish, words, unit 4

SGA-MOR-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49242

verbal stem: suffixal formation, root modifications, new verbs

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Early Latin

Early Latin, words, unit 1

LAT-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49063

word formation: overview, derivational morphology, compounding, agglutination, recategorisation

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Early Latin, words, unit 2

LAT-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49062

nominal inflection: patterns of inflexion of nouns (= declensions), adjectives, pronouns, adverbs

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Early Latin, words, unit 3

LAT-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49061

verbal inflection: affixation, conjugation, stem formation, tense and mood, Early Latin variation

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Old Lithuanian

Old Lithuanian, words, unit 1

OLT-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49470

overview, stem formation: morphological system, major devices, derivation, compounding

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Old Lithuanian, words, unit 2

OLT-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49469

inflection: declension (nouns, adjecives), conjugation, illustrative paradigms, participles

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Old Church Slavonic

OCS, words, unit 1

CHU-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49452

stem formation: various devices, nominal derivation, nominal compounding, verbal derivation

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OCS, words, unit 2

CHU-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49458

declension: nominals, categories (gender, case, number, definiteness), declensions, endings

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OCS, words, unit 3

CHU-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49457

conjugation: various forms, present, imperative, aorist, imperfect, formation and syntax of aspect

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Tocharian

Tocharian, words, unit 1

TOC-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49256

morphological overview, stem formation: derivation

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Tocharian, words, unit 2

TOC-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49255

stem formation: compounding, right-headedness, types of compounds

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Tocharian, words, unit 3

TOC-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49254

inflection: declension (two-level case system), and conjugation

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Early Vedic

Early Vedic, words, unit 1

VED-MOR-001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49487

general remarks, word formation, compounds: Vedic as a fusional language, word classes, morphological devices, composition

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Early Vedic, words, unit 2

VED-MOR-002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49486

nominal morphology: nouns, inflectional categories (case, number, gender), adjectives, pronouns, numerals

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Early Vedic, words, unit 3

VED-MOR-003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49485

verbal morphology 1: typology, formal categories, morphological processes, person, number, voice, tense/aspect, mood/voice formation

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Early Vedic, words, unit 4

VED-MOR-004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5446/49497

verbal morphology 2: thematic/athematic stems, nominal forms, derivation (causative, desiderative, intensive, denominative)

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