SYNTAX II

Course Information
TitleΣΥΝΤΑΞΗ ΙΙ / SYNTAX II
CodeΓΛΩ354
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPhilology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID280000631

Programme of Study: UPS School of Philology 2015

Registered students: 11
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Glōssologías Mandatory Elective CoursesWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600283335
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΓΛΩ372 SYNTAX Ι:INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX
Learning Outcomes
The students acquire a specialized knowledge and expertise on on of the most dominant syntactic theories-Minimalism (Chomsky 1995). They enlarge their knowledge on syntactic theory. They learn to think and question critically. They learn how to make empirically based generalizations. They get familiar with the comparative method.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The generative model as an explanatory tool of the internalized language faculty. The concept of economy and 'minimalism'. Interfaces. From X'-Theory to Merge. The role of morphosyntactic features in the make-up of the clause structure and Movement. Interpretable and uninterpretable features. Thematic roles as selection features. The syntactic relation Agree. Phase agreement.
Keywords
Minimalism, Economy, Merge(r), Features, Movement, Theta roles, Lexicon
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Total
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
02-07-2015