| Title | ΓΕΝΕΤΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΤΑΞΗ / GENERATIVE SYNTAX |
| Code | Γλ2-460 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600011940 |
Programme of Study: 2018-2019
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600154596
|
Class Schedule
| Building | Φιλοσοφική (Νέα) |
| Floor | Όροφος 4 |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ 417 (136) |
| Calendar | Τετάρτη 16:00 έως 18:30 |
Course Category
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600154596
- At the Website of the School: http://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=172
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, students have a basic understanding of the grammatical mechanisms involved in simple declarative sentences and in questions. They should be able to 1. Identify constituents and their role in the clause structure. 2. Illustrate constituents in the form of tree-diagrams. 3. Apply the basic operations of Merge and Agree for the syntactic analysis of a sentence. 4. Combine syntactic theory with empirical data.
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)
The course introduces students to several properties of 'mental grammar' (the system of rules that determines a speaker/hearer's language). We ask what sort of knowledge someone who 'knows a language' has and try to answer that question by developing some of the essential building blocks of natural language grammars theory in the framework of Generative Grammar (the Principles and Parameters approach). We begin with the structure of the clause according to X-bar theory and the information contained in the linguistic Lexicon. Based on the principal operations Agree and Merge we analyse passives, interrogatives, relative clauses and the distribution of pronouns, reflexives and full noun phrases.
Keywords
Principles & Parameters, X` Theory, phrase structures
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Project | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 174 | 7.0 |
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
Carnie, A. 2013 . Syntax. A Generative Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
Haegeman, L. 2006. Thinking Syntactically. A Guide to Argumentation and Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
Radford, A. 1997. Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Last Update
27-09-2019