CJBB187 Syntax reading group II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Caha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Karlík, CSc.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 T103
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
CJBB187/01: Thu 9:10–10:45 T103, P. Caha
Prerequisites
The students should be familiar with basic concepts of generative syntax -- it is enough to have read a basic textbook like Liliane Haegeman's Thinking syntactically, or the textbook by David Adger Core Syntax, or any similar Introduction to Syntax available.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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Course objectives
After a basic Intro course, it is usually difficult for students to plunge directly into the current debates about the nature and structure of syntactic theory. The current course selects some of the basic readings of the field, identifies the tensions and tries to orient the students about the basic directions of current research in syntax.
Syllabus
  • 1. Order, structure, movement (Cinque, Abels-Neeleman) 2. OV vs. VO (Haider, Taraldsen) 3. Lexicalism vs. DM (Williams, Marantz) 4. Relative clauses: raising vs. matching (Bianchi, Borsley)
Teaching methods
The plan is that we will read papers that provide diverging views on various issues in syntactic research. Each topic will be discussed over a two-week cycle. Each of you will present one paper during the term (in English -- which constitutes 75 percent of the grade). After we present the papers, we will discuss the pros and cons of various solutions. The plan is that each of you will chose a side to argue for -- and we play out the argument. The remaining 25 percent of the grade is for participation in the discussion.
Assessment methods
the presentation of one article in the class (50 percent of the grade) participation in discussions (50 percent of the grade)
Language of instruction
English
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