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課程概述 |
Introduction to Syntax I (句法學概論上)
Fall 2015, NTU
Instructor: Shan-Shan Wang
Time: Mon. 12:20 – 3:10 pm
Classroom: FLTC 202
Office: FLTC 317/304
Office hours: by appointment only
Email: syntax.ntu@gmail.com
Phone number: 3366-3147
Course Content
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic concepts and phenomena of syntactic analysis. Students are introduced to the basic tools of syntactic description and analysis—syntactic categories, thematic roles, and grammatical relations—and these concepts are then used to investigate the workings of a variety of phenomena that are widely attested in human language, including case, agreement, voice (passivization, antipassivization, etc.), causativization, relative clauses and question patterns. Data will be drawn from a variety of languages from areas including Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Australia and North America. Prerequisite: Introduction to Linguistics I and II.
Grading Policy
Grades will be based on the following:
(1) Attendance and participation (16%)
(2) Timely completion of homework assignments (10%)
(3) First examination (25%)
(4) Second examination (25%)
(5) Short research paper (20%), presentation (4%)
* Make-up exams will be given only in documented cases of illness or crisis.
* Students are responsible for material and information covered in classes that they miss.
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課程要求 |
Course Requirements
1. Readings: Specific pages from The Syntax Files; class handouts; references on the web. Assigned readings should be completed before lecture.
2. Attendance is mandatory.
3. Homework Assignments: Homework assignments will be short problems, assigned practically every week, which apply the material covered in class to specific questions about various languages. The homework assignments will be reviewed in the class group discussion weekly. You are encouraged to discuss and work on assignments with other students in the course. However, you must write up your solutions to the assignments on your own, in your own words. NO LATE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED (except under extreme circumstances, and only by prior arrangement with the instructor).
4. Two exams will be given during the semester. The exams will consist of a combination of problems similar to those on the homework assignments.
5. A short research paper is assigned for students to create a new “syntax file” on a phenomenon of your choice in a language or languages of your choice. You will have a better idea of what the assignment involves once you have had a chance to examine the Syntax Files. Additional information can be found in the reading packet for the course.
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