COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · LFR223
Syntax
Compulsory · French
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Course Instructor(s)
Marie Helene SAUNER LEROY
saunermarie@gmail.com
saunermarie@gmail.com
Content
Objective
Introduction to syntax analysis
Course Content
Methods of syntactic analysis and description (especially the functionalist one). Most important elements (monemes, phrase, sentence, syntactical categories and relations ..). Number of exemples and exercices from languages of different types.
Course Learning Outcomes
Deeper Linguistic knowledge ; Guided research in the grammatical structure of languages of different types ; Training in methods of syntactic analysis and description (especially functionalist one) , Training in logical thought
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures and tutorials
References
Maingueneau D., Syntaxe du français, Hachette, 1999 ; Gardes-Tamine J. La grammaire 2. Syntaxe, A. Colin, 2004.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
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| 1 | presentation of the course, definition of syntax, various trends in syntax. |
| 2 | quiz 1; Presentation continued, language, languages, linguist's tools |
| 3 | quiz 2; Oral and written language. International phonetic alphabet. |
| 4 | quiz 3 ; Fundamental operations 1 (commutation, segmentation, addition, displacement) |
| 5 | quiz 4 ; The idea of sentence |
| 6 | quiz 5 ; Sentence boundaries |
| 7 | quiz 6 ; Generative linguistic |
| 8 | Partial exam. |
| 9 | Correction of partial exam, Modalities of the sentence |
| 10 | Modalities of the sentence |
| 11 | Anaphora and cataphora |
| 12 | Nominal group, adjectival group |
| 13 | Morphological variation 1 |
| 14 | revision |
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Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 11 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 12 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 10 | 10 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 40 |
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quiz | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 122 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 4.88 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 5 | ||