Undergraduate Course: Syntax: Theory and Practice (LASC10084)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will situate the work that students have already done in syntax in years 1 and 2 with respect to basic issues in syntactic theory: the domain of syntax, the nature of syntactic systems. It will develop a systematic overview of the properties of a generative grammar, working through some of the most basic syntactic constructions that have been studied, and focussing on reasoning and argumentation in developing a syntactic analysis. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
169 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Syntax: Theory and Practice | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students will
- have an overview of a current syntactic theory
- have an overview of some of the syntactic phenomena that have been central to syntactic theorizing
- be able to give syntactic arguments for and against particular analyses
- be able to approach the primary literature
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Assessment Information
Coursework: 40%
2-hour exam in exam conditions: 60%
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Caroline Heycock
Tel: (0131 6)51 1999
Email: Caroline.Heycock@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Francesca Kerr-Dineen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3961
Email: f.kerr-dineen@ed.ac.uk |
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