Publication details
Zur Nützlichkeit des Morphem-Begriffes in der Deutschlehrerausbildung (DaF)
| Title in English | On the usefullness of the concept "morpheme" in the education of German teachers |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bruenner Hefte zu Deutsch als Fremdsprache |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | introduction to linguistics; linguistic terminology; morpheme; morph; German as a foreign language; German morphology; |
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| Description | The article argues against the use of the concept “morpheme” in introductory classes to linguistics aimed at students of German as a foreign language within teaching degree programs. The use of more neutral terminology as “affix” or “stem” is recommended. The main reasons for the suggestion are (a) notorious problems in applying morpheme-based systems to German morphology (e.g. “Ablaut”), (b) developments inside linguistics within the last 40 years, which led to a loss of significance of the morpheme-based approach to language, (c) irrelevance of the concept for using reference grammars and handbooks in the field of German as a foreign language. |