Postgraduate Course: Current Issues in Syntax (MSc) (LASC11104)
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 | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | Detailed examination of significant issues in current theoretical syntax. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    This course will look at relative clauses, and the syntactic factors underlying the development of the typological rare type found in English.
    
    
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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 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
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 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Project work (approximately 4,000 words) on an approved topic (100%) | 
 
| Feedback | 
Students will give presentations in class and will receive feedback as appropriate. Events cannot be scheduled given the research-led nature of the course. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - read current primary literature in syntax
 - formulate and evaluate analyses of linguistic data in the light of theoretical proposals
 - reason critically and identify and solve problems
 - independently formulate and test hypotheses
 - compare and evaluate competing hypotheses and theories
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | syntax,linguistics | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Nikolas Gisborne 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3600 
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Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188 
Email:  | 
   
 
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