? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-HFSS-LI

Detailed study and analysis of major syntactic structures of English and what they tell us about human language more generally.

? Keywords : syntax, English

? Pre-requisites : Linguistics 2A + 2B or Linguistics 2A + 2L or English Language 2

? Prohibited combinations : Modern English Syntax 1; Intermediate Syntax A and B; Intermediate Semantics A and B; Honours Foundation Syntax and Semantics

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 18/09/2007 15:00 15:50 Room 1.01, 14 Buccleuch Place Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 15:00 15:50 Central Lecture Thursday 15:00 15:50 Central Lecture Friday 15:00 15:50 Central

On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- accurately describe and analyse primary data from English
- relate data explicitly to principles of syntax
- independently formulate and test hypotheses
- construct and evaluate syntactic argumentation

Coursework (30%)
1 two hour written examination (70%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Rosemary Perks
Tel : (0131 6)50 3961
Email : v1rperks@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Geoffrey Pullum
Email : gpullum@ling.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/