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Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Syntax (LASC11085)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryAn introduction to generative syntax. Includes study of major syntactic phenomena of English; some comparison also with other languages; and instruction and practice in analysis and argumentation.
Course description The overall aim of this module is to provide an introduction to generative syntax. The main objectives are to provide students with:
- an overview of the kind of things which need to be explained by a syntactic theory
- an overview of analyses which have been developed to explain them
- practice in analysing data in terms of core syntactic concepts such as constituency, selection, movement

In order to understand the core concepts in syntax and how they relate to actual data it is necessary to practise analysis and argumentation from the start. With this in mind, the course is set up so that time is divided between initial presentation of material, working through questions relating to that material, and discussion of issues arising from that engagement with the material.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 18, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 80 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assignment 1: 30%
Assignment 2: 70%
Feedback Individual and group feedback on work during the course.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. understand basic issues in current theoretical syntax
  2. accurately describe and analyse primary data
  3. identify and solve problems
  4. independently formulate and test hypotheses
Reading List
Beatrice Santorini & Anthony Kroch: The syntax of natural language: An online introduction. Selected chapters, selection detailed on Learn.

Video presentations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNRhI4Cc_QmvBzEBJFiOUfmMR4ew9TFwO
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Analytical thinking; logical argumentation; clarity of presentation.
Keywordssyntax,generative syntax,syntactic phenomena,analysis,argumentation
Contacts
Course organiserProf Caroline Heycock
Tel: (0131 6)51 1999
Email: Caroline.Heycock@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk
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