Introduction to Syntax

A graduate course offered by the School of Literature, Languages and

Linguistics.LING6003
Academic Year 2018
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CODE LING6003 UNIT VALUE 6 units
OFFERED BY
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
ANU COLLEGE
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
CLASSIFICATION
Transitional
COURSE SUBJECT
Linguistics
AREAS OF INTEREST
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
ACADEMIC CAREER
Postgraduate
COURSE CONVENER
Prof Catherine Travis
MODE OF DELIVERY
In Person
CO-TAUGHT COURSE
LING2003
OFFERED IN
First Semester 2018
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INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX (LING6003)
Introduction
Learning Outcomes
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In this course students will become acquainted with the fundamental concepts of
syntax and with a wide variety of syntactic structures found in the world's
languages and will develop skills in syntactic analysis. Examples will be used
from languages from every inhabited continent, and students will learn how to go
about analyzing the syntax of an unfamiliar language.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and
skills to:
Read descriptive and typologically oriented literature about syntax.
Apply a range of concepts and terms from syntax to data that exemplify them.
Solve simple problems in grammatical analysis.
Undertake guided research in the grammatical structure of languages of different
types.
Evaluate the suitability of simple syntactic frameworks for descriptive projects in
different kinds of languages.
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