COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4046 FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

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 information about the basic notions of Functional Grammar and the ability to conduct analyses on linguistic data using Functional Grammar

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain the basic notions of Functional Grammar
2   explain the basic representation methods of Functional Grammar
3   describe the aspects of FG which are different from other linguistic theories
4   apply the representations used in FG on natural language data
5   apply FG on data from Turkish

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Basic notions of Functional Grammar
3 Markedness
4 Clause structure in Functional Grammar
5 Nuclear Predication
6 Arguments and Satellites
7 States of Affairs
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Semantic Functions
10 Argument Structure
11 Subject and Object Assignment
12 Pragmatic Function
13 Expression Rules
14 Constituent Order

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dik, S. (1978). The theory of functional grammar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

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

None

Assessment Criteria

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. 70% 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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.244
LO.335
LO.444
LO.545