Admission requirements
Students must have basic knowledge of GB or Minimalist syntax (e.g., (the equivalent of) syntax 1 and syntax 2 in the Leiden BA Linguistics program).
Description
This course prepares the students for the rest of the syntax program in the MA, Advanced syntax 2 (second block of the first term) and Comparative syntax (second term). It does so by devoting the first half to a quick reminder course on minimalist syntax, for which we use the text book by Olaf Koeneman and Hedde Zeijlstra (2017). In the second half, we discuss issues in the syntax-morphology interface, on the basis of a number of recent articles on the topic.
Course objectives
- Students understand and can work with the notions which are fundamental to the Minimalist framework of syntax.
- Students can use argumentation methods common in syntactic theory.
- Students are capable of discussing linguistic phenomena using the tools within the Minimalist Program.
- Students are able to write a research paper: do the research and report on it.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment and Weighing
Assignments: 50%
Short paper/essay (part 2 block 1): 50%
Compensation possible, but the short paper/essay must be awarded with a 5.5 or higher.
Resit
Assigments and the short paper/essay can be redone in case of a “fail”.
Inspection and feedback
Students are entitled to view their marked examination within a period of 30 days, following publication of the results of a written examination.
Reading list
For the first part of this course we use the following textbook:
Olaf Koeneman and Hedde Zeijlstra, Introducing syntax. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Readings for the rest of the course time will be announced through Brightspace as we go along.
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory
Contact
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