Undergraduate Course: Syntactic Theory and English Syntax (LASC10065)
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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course offers an integrated approach to the theoretical and descriptive study of the English language. It deals mostly with syntax, touching on morphological and semantic issues as necessary.
Students are expected to have a mature attitude toward language and toward academic work, and a basic grounding in syntactic analysis. The aim of the course is to combine a descriptive survey of some of the core constructions of Standard English with an exploration of current syntactic theory as it can be used to analyse these phenomena. The course is intended both to provide students with the background necessary to approach the primary literature and to give them experience in developing skills in data analysis and syntactic argumentation.
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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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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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 |
Assessment Information
Coursework (30%)
1 two hour written examination (70%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Study Pattern |
Teaching Contact Time: 9 weeks out of 11 at 3 hours/week = 27 hours |
| Keywords | syntax, English |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Caroline Heycock
Tel: (0131 6)51 1999
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Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
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