COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYNTAX

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3039 SYNTAX COMPULSORY 2 1 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing students with the syntactic concepts used in contemporary syntax theories and bringing the ability to conduct simple syntactic analyses on natural language data from different languages. It also aims at providing students with the basic tools and methods used in syntactic analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the basic concepts of syntax
2   explain how the syntactic glosses are read
3   explain the sub-categories of word classes
4   explain the basic notions of generative syntax
5   apply the tools and methods of generative syntax on samples from English and other languages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A general overview of grammar
2 Word categories
3 Phrasal Categories
4 Trees and Rules
5 Structural Relations - I: Phrase Markers
6 Structural Relations - II: Govenrment, Precedence, C-command
7 Sentences
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Lexicon - I
10 Lexicon - II
11 C57: Syntactic Structures - I
12 C57: Syntactic Structures - II
13 C65: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax - I
14 C65: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax - II

Recomended or Required Reading

Carnie, Andrew (2007). Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
Haegemann, Lilliane (1994). Introduction to Government and Binding. USA: Blackwell.
Radford, Andrew (1988). Transformational Grammar. Cambridge.
Uzun, N. Engin (2000). Anaçizgileriyle Evrensel Dilbilgisi ve Türkçe. Istanbul: Multilingual.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
3- Exercises on linguistic data

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The students will also be assessed with regard to participation and overall attitude during lectures. The assesment will be graded via Lecture Activity Assesment sections in the VISA and FINAL exams.

Assessment Criteria

1. 1- Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters Department of Linguistics
Room No: B 461/1

Office Hours

Monday 13:15 - 15:00
Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 5 8 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.45555
LO.55555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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