Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Syntax (LASC11085)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An introduction to generative syntax. Detailed study of major syntactic phenomena of English, with data also from other languages. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
74 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Take-home assignment 20%
One 2 hour examination (100%)
Take-home assignment submission deadline: 12 noon, Thursday 29th October 2015
Return Deadline: 20th November 2015
Exam date: to be confirmed (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-administration/exams)
Return deadline: within 3 working weeks |
| Feedback |
Regular group and individual feedback on exercises related to each topic. Opportunity to go over past exam papers and sample answers.
Comments provided on submitted assessments |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Introduction to Syntax | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand basic issues in current theoretical syntax
- accurately describe and analyse primary data
- identify and solve problems
- independently formulate and test hypotheses
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Reading List
| Beatrice Santorini and Anthony Kroch (2007), The syntax of natural language: An online introduction |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The overall aim of this module is to provide an introduction to theoretical syntax. The main objectives are to provide students with:
o an overview of the kind of things which need to be explained by a syntactic theory
o an overview of analyses which have been developed to explain them
o the ability to analyse data in terms of core syntactic concepts such as constituency |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Caroline Heycock
Tel: (0131 6)51 1999
Email: Caroline.Heycock@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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