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 175-032 Advanced Syntax

Note

Formerly available as 175-315/415. Students who have completed 175-315/415 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

3rd and 4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Lesley Stirling

Prerequisites

Completion of 175-211 (175-015) Syntax.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the middle week

Subject Description

This is an advanced course on the principles and techniques of syntactic analysis and argumentation. The emphasis is on the formalization of syntactic concepts and on the different approaches from various theoretical perspectives. The theoretical frameworks to be investigated include LFG HPSG and the Minimalist Program. The topics covered will vary from year to year, and they will be drawn from current issues in syntactic theory.

Assessment

Two assignment problems of 500 words each, and a class presentation equivalent to 2000 words, and a final 1000-word essay for 3rd-year. Two assignment problems of 500 words each, and a class presentation equivalent to 2000 words, and a final 2000-word essay for 4th-year.

Prescribed Texts

  • R Borsley, Modern Phrase Structure Grammar. 1996.


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