Introduction to Syntax Status of the Course Mandatory Year 2014/2015 Semester Summer ECTS Credits 3 Teacher. Mid-terms, seminar papers, written exam

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1 Study Programme English Language and Literature Course Introduction to Syntax Status of the Course Mandatory Year 2014/2015 Semester Summer ECTS Credits 3 Teacher Consultation hours Associate / Assistant mag. philol. angl. Frane Malenica fmalenica@unizd.hr Consultation hours Tuesday 9:00 10:00, Wednesday 9:00 10:00,Thursday 11:30 12:30 Place of Teaching Zadar, Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV. 2, Room 143 Mode of Teaching Lectures and seminars Teaching Workload Lectures + Seminars + 15L + 15S + 0E Exercises Assessment Criteria & Mode of Examination Mid-terms, seminar papers, written exam Start date End date Mid-Term, End-of-Term Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Examinations 16/ 4/ 2015/ 4/ 6/ 2015/ Final Examinations Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 18/ 6/ 2015/ 2/ 7/ 2015/ 3/ 9/ 2015/ 17/ 9/ 2015/ The students will learn the basic theoretical tenets of the generativetransformational approach to English syntax and the basic differences between it and the previous, more traditional approaches. The students will also learn to analyse and explain the structure of simple and complex sentences in the English language and their constituents. The course will also develop the following generic competences: Learning Outcomes Enrolment Requirements Course contents a) instrumental competences: linguistic skills; oral and written communication; problem-solving skills. b) interpersonal competences: criticism and self-criticism; team-work skills; interpersonal skills; social interaction and cooperation with others. c) systematic competences: a combination of understanding, sensibility, and knowledge which enables one to see the system as a whole and the interaction between its parts; the ability to connect different approaches, sources of knowledge and insights; oral presentation skills. The course will develop and further the following course-specific competences: knowledge of the structure of the English language, level of understanding and production of new linguistic structures, the ability to analyse and compare syntactic structures which enhances the general knowledge of the English language and prepares the students for upcoming courses in the field of English language linguistics. The student has to be enrolled in the 4th semester of undergraduate programme of English language and literature. The aim of this course is to prepare the students for individual analysis of

2 simple and complex sentences in the English language. The students will get acquainted with the basic tenets of the generative-transformational approach to English syntax and the basic differences between it and the descriptive approach. After that, the students will learn how to analyse the sentences in the English language and their constituents according to one of possible theoretical approaches within the framework of generative syntax. Required Reading Additional Reading Internet Sources Course Evaluation Procedures Conditions for Obtaining Signatures Mark Grading Scale Final Grade Calculation Note 1. Introduction to English Syntax.Third Edition. Harlow, U.K.: Longman. 2. Huddleston, Rodney and Geoffrey K. Pullum A Student's Grammar. Cambridge,U.K.: Cambridge University Press. 1. Syntax. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. Wekker, Herman and Liliane Haegeman A Modern Course in English Syntax. Oxford / New York: Routledge. 3. Miller, Jim An Syntax. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 4. Tallerman, Maggie Understanding Syntax. London: Odder Arnold. 5. Giber, Douglas et al Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow, U.K.: Longman. 6. Edition. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell. 7. Huddleston, Rodney and Geoffrey K. Pullum The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Student questionnaires (Student grade PP7/OB1) Minimum 70% attendance, accepted seminar paper, giving the presentation. Mid-terms and end-of-terms are written exams which include a certain number of multiple-choice questions. Every correct answer brings a certain percentage according to the total number of tasks. The result of the exam is the percentage of correct answers. The grade is formed based on the scales of percentages of possible results: from 0 to 59% - F; from 60 to 69% - D; from 70 to 79% - C; from 80 to 89% - B, from 90 to 100% - A. Seminar papers are not graded; seminar papers can be accepted or rejected. If the seminar paper is rejected, the student should improve the paper until it is accepted in order to be able to take the final exam. The final grade is calculated as the mean value of the two mid-terms. If the student does not pass one or both mid-terms, they are required to take the final exam. In that case, the final grade is formed based on the final exam. If the student is not satisfied with the grade as the mean value of the two endterms, he/she can make an arrangement with their teacher to take the final exam in order to get a better result and a higher grade.

3 Topics-Lectures No. Date Title Literature Syntax.Third Edition Introduction to Syntax. The traditional and the GT approach Syntax. An Introduction Edition Syntax.Third Edition What is structure? Sentence structure. Syntax. An Introduction Edition Syntax.Third Edition Roles of sentence constituents. Phrases. Edition Syntax.Third Edition Categories of sentence constituents. Types of Phrases. 5. Verb Phrases. Verb categories. Syntax. An Introduction Edition Syntax.Third Edition

4 6. Adverbial Phrases. Ellipsis. 7. Mid-term I 8. Verb group I: Lexical and Auxiliary Verbs. 9. Verb group II: Negations, passives, questions. 10. Noun Phrases. Modifiers in Noun Phrases. 11. Complex sentences. Roles of complex sentences. 12. Wh-clauses. 13. Relative clauses. 14. Non-finite clauses. 15. Mid-term II Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax. An Introduction Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition

5 Seminars No. Date Title Literature Syntax.Third Edition Introduction to Syntax. The traditional and the GT approach Syntax. An Introduction Edition Syntax.Third Edition What is structure? Sentence structure. Syntax. An Introduction Edition Syntax.Third Edition The roles of sentence constituents. Phrases. 4. The categories of sentence constituents. Types of Phrases. Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax. An Introduction Verb Phrases. Verb categories. Edition Syntax.Third Edition

6 6. Adverbial Phrases. Ellipsis. 7. Mid-term I 8. Verb group I: Lexical and Auxiliary Verbs. 9. Verb group II: Negations, passives, questions. 10. Noun Phrases. Modifiers in Noun Phrases. 11. Complex sentences. Roles of complex sentences. 12. Wh-clauses. 13. Relative clauses. 14. Non-finite clauses. 15. Mid-term II Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Syntax. An Introduction Syntax.Third Edition Syntax.Third Edition Teacher: