Course syllabus

SyllabusLinguist200.pdf 

SEMESTER 1, 2018
Linguist 200 - Syntax                                                                                                                 

• Course Coordinator 

Saurov Syed

• Teacher

Saurov Syed (Email: s.syed@auckland.ac.nz)

• Tutor

• Course delivery format

2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial

(Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online)

Summary of Course Description              

Syntax

Continues on from LINGUIST 100 or 103 and consists of a formal and a functional part, providing problems and exercises in syntactic analysis, as well as an introduction to grammatical theories and types of grammatical system.

What determines how words are put together in a particular order in a sentence? This course introduces the field of syntax: a scientific way of studying order and structure of words. Students will learn how to form syntactic argumentation, and evaluate different syntactic analyses. They will also learn about cross-linguistic variation and universals in the syntactic patterns found in natural languages.

Click on the link on the top of this page for a pdf of the syllabus, and important information regarding the course. including weekly topics. Please note that the syllabus is subject to change depending on the pace of the class. 

Course outcomes

A student who successfully completes this course will have the opportunity to:

• acquire knowledge of syntax and apply it
• understand and carry out a syntactic analysis

Weekly Topics

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Recommended Texts:

Workload:

The University of Auckland's expectation on 15-point courses, is that students spend 10 hours per week on the course. Students manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Students attend two hours of lectures each week and participate in a one-hour tutorial from week 2 of semester. This leaves seven hours per week outside the classroom to prepare for tutorials, assignments and the exam.

Deadlines and submission of coursework:

Deadlines for coursework are non-negotiable. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you will be required to provide a doctor's certificate before the assignment is due. All late assignments without a pre-approved extension will be penalised one mark per day late.