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Fall 2019 | LING 5201 Section 001: Syntactic Theory I (19630)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 170
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (14 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Concepts/issues in current syntactic theory. prereq: 5001 or honors student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Intended for graduate students; undergraduate honors students may sign up for the course with instructor consent. Contact the instructor for permission numbers. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?acad_group=TCLA&subject=LING&level=5&x500=halpert&term=1169
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to syntax: the study of how words are organized into phrases and sentences. The objective is to introduce students to basic concepts and issues in current syntactic theory within the Principles and Parameters approach. We will focus on our knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences, how such knowledge is represented, and what it reveals about the nature of human language. The course will be conducted through lectures and discussions. Course requirements include regular problem sets, a paper proposal, a final course paper and an in-class presentation of the paper. Target audience is graduate students in linguistics and related disciplines as well as undergraduate Honors students.
- Grading:
- 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
30% Problem Solving
- Exam Format:
- short answer
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion
- Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 assignments/problem sets
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19630/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2011
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2019 Linguistics Classes