Tamil Morphophonemics

Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2018509556
S$1,461

About This Course

Interpret natural or mutational union in contiguous words (combination).
Discuss the structure of the Tamil language in terms of its morphophonemic structure.
Show an awareness of the morphophonemic structure of Tamil.
Identify casual combinations of the fourteen kinds in vowel finals.
Demonstrate combinations of consonant finals such as consonant finals before vowels.
Define phonetic and phonemic changes in combination or fusion of words or syntactical constituents.
Classify casual combinations of the six grammatical cases.
Outline internal and external Sandhi in the combination of words.

What You'll Learn

TLL110 covers the basic grammar and morphophonemic rules pertaining to the morphemic structure of Tamil. These rules are elucidated with examples and instances drawn from contemporary Tamil. Although aphorisms from Tamil grammatical treatises like Tolkaapiam and Nanool are cited in this course, greater emphasis is given to functional grammar. Students will learn about the combination of vowel finals, general combinations, special combinations of vowels, mutation, hard consonants before vowel, words with a, á, i, u as finals, the combination of consonant finals and combinations of case-findings.

Course Details

Duration 18 hours
Language Tamil
Training Commitment Part Time
Total Enrolled 1 students
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