UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA

FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SENI

SILABUS
MATA KULIAH : Morphology
FRM/FBS/19-00 Revisi : 00 31 Juli 2008 Hal.

Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni

Program Studi : Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Mata Kuliah & Kode : Morphology Kode ENG 227
Jumlah SKS : Teori 2 SKS Praktik : _________SKS
Semester : III
Mata Kuliah Prasyarat & Kode : ____________________________________
Dosen : Siti Mukminatun, M.Hum.

I. DESKRIPSI MATA KULIAH

The course examines the internal structure of words and the rules by which word
formation takes place and provides an introductory study of English grammar from a
formal perspective. It covers such topics as lexical items, morphemes, inflection, derivation,
compounding, word elements from Latin and Greek. During the course learning mostly through
inquiry and discovery, students are introduced to defined concepts with clarifying examples
followed by exercises in applying the principles involved on cases pertinent to the topics and
analyzing the cases in prescribed ways.

II. STANDARISASI KOMPETENSI MATA KULIAH

At the end of the course, students will acquire a competency in conducting studies on
word structure, indicated by an awareness of its various aspects and an experience and
ability in analyzing it.

III. POKOK BAHASAN DAN RINCIAN POKOK BAHASAN

Minggu
Pokok Bahasan Rincian Pokok Bahasan
Ke
I Orientation and syllabus Discussing and negotiating
syllabus
II Morphology: Basic a. Morphology defined Bauer (Ch.II),
concepts b. What is word? Plag (Ch. 1)
III A Word and its parts: a. Kinds of morphemes : bound Bauer (Ch.
root, affixes, and their vs free
shapes b. Roots and affixes
c. The notion of base
Assignment 1 distributed
IV-V Morphemes Forms Assignment 1 due Plag (Ch. II)
a. Morphemes and allomorphs
b. Recognizing morphemes

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FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SENI
SILABUS
MATA KULIAH : Morphology
FRM/FBS/19-00 Revisi : 00 31 Juli 2008 Hal.

Assignment 2 distributed
VI English morphological Assignment 2 due Plag (Ch. V)
phenomena: non Conversion, clipping,
affixation backformation, acronym,
abbreviation, coinage
Assignment 3 distributed
VII Review Assignment 3 due
VIII MID
IX Inflection Lexemes, regular & irregular Bauer (1988)
inflection, forms of nouns Ch. VI
Assignment 4 distributed
X Derivation Assignment 4 due Bauer (1988)
Derivation into nouns, Ch. VI,
adjectives, adverbs & verbs
Assignment 5 distributed
XI Derivation Assignment 5 due
Derivation into nouns,
adjectives, adverbs & verbs
Assignment 6 distributed
XII Compounding Assignment 6 due Bauer, 1983
Compound vs phrases (Ch. VII), Plag
Types of compounds (Ch. VI)
Assignment 7 distributed
XIII a. Productivity Assignment 7 due Bauer (Ch. V)
b. English word a. possible words Plag (Ch.III)
elements from Greek b. actual words
c. Greek Affixes
d. Greek roots
e. English words
Assignment 8 distributed
XIV English word elements Assignment 8 due Internet
from Latin a. Latin affixes
b. Latin roots
c. English words
Assignment 9 distributed
XV Review Assignment 9 due

IV. REFERENSI/ SUMBER BAHAN

A. Wajib :

1. Bauer, L.1983. English Word-Formation. Cambridge: CUP

2. Bauer, L. 1988. Introducing Linguistic Morphology. Edinburg University Press
3. Plag, Ingo. English Word Formation.

B. Anjuran :

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FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SENI
SILABUS
MATA KULIAH : Morphology
FRM/FBS/19-00 Revisi : 00 31 Juli 2008 Hal.

V. EVALUASI
No Komponen Evaluasi Bobot (%)

1 Participation 10%
1 Assignments 30%
2. Mid Test 30%
3. Final Test 30%
Jumlah 100%

1. Website : http://besmart.uny.ac.id (morphology SM, password: morpho sm)

I will post all of the required readings for this course at this website, including: (i) handouts and
assignments distributed in each class (by the end of the day of the class in which they were distributed),
along with brief summaries of what we did in class that day (ii) supplementary readings and links to other
recommended readings (iii) important announcements and schedule changes (iv) an updated syllabus.
Therefore, it is essential that you visit it early and continue to do soon a regular basis throughout the
semester.

2. Contact Information

Lecturer : Siti mukminatun, M.Hum.

Email : sitimukminatun@uny.ac.id

3. Workload and grade calculation:

10% Participation. Half of the participation grade is equivalent to attendance. At the beginning of every
lecture and presentation, all students will sign their initials on the attendance sheet. The attendance sheet
will be removed after the first 20 minutes of class. You may miss 3 lectures.

30% Homework..

30% Midterm. Tests are in-class, short answer/true or false/multiple choice. There will be a detailed review
session before the test so youll know exactly what is coming. The dates for both the midterm and the final
are fixed at the beginning of the semester. Please schedule your other obligations around these dates,
because THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP TESTS. Make up exams will not be given except in the case of
extraordinary circumstances.

30% Final. See Midterm.

4. Homework assignments description

a. There will be nine assignments. However, six assignments will contribute to your grade. Therefore,
you are expected to do all the assignments. The three lowest score will be dropped. Through these
assignments you will gain the understanding of introduction to linguistics. You are required to do the
linguistic analysis of certain data.
b. Homework is to be turned in on the due date at the beginning of lecture (=no later than the
first 20 minutes of class). YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR HOMEWORK. Early submissions
are welcome; LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.