GENERATIVE SYNTAX
| Title | ΓΕΝΕΤΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΤΑΞΗ / GENERATIVE SYNTAX |
| Code | Γλ2-460 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600011940 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 1
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600286687
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600286687
- At the Website of the School: http://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=172
- eLearning (Moodle):
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply analytic methods to analyse linguistic data;
2. Identify syntactic units such as heads, complements, adjuncts, and arguments;
3. Understand and formally describe syntactic structures and relations.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course is an introduction to sentence structure. It looks into the largely unconscious rules that determine how speakers of a language combine words into larger units such as phrases and sentences, and how they structurally represent what they hear or read. Examples will be drawn mainly for English but we will also use data from other languages as well as developmental (first and second language acquisition data).
Keywords
Constituents, phrase structutes
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 107 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Presentations | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Culicover, P.W. (1997). Principles and Parameters. An Introduction to Syntactic Theory. O.U.P. (to be distributed as loan book until the end of the term)
van Gelderen, E. (2017).Syntax. An Introduction to Minimalism. Benjamins Pub. (e-book)
Further reading:
Carnie, A. (2021). Syntax: A Generative Introduction, 4th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
Haegeman,L. (2006). Thinking syntactically : a guide to argumentation and analysis. Blackwell Pub.
Radford, A. (2009). Analysing English sentences: a minimalist approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Last Update
29-09-2025
