Universidad de Jaén

Module 1: INTRODUCTION: BASIC CONCEPTS IN SYNTAX 
1. Definition of syntax and of some basic syntactic notions 
2. Constituent structure 
3. Syntactic categories 
4. Grammatical functions: 
4.1. Sentence level 
4.2. Phrase level

Module 2: A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO SYNTAX: THE SYNTAX-SEMANTICS-PRAGMATICS INTERFACE

Module 2.1: DEPENDENCY, VALENCY AND ARGUMENT STRUCTURE 
1. Preliminary notions 
2. Definition of key terms: valency, dependency and argument structure 
3. Dependents of the verb 
4. Syntactic and semantic valency

Module 2.2: X-BAR SYNTAX AND PRINCIPLES-AND-PARAMETERS THEORY 
1. Introduction 
2. Basic concepts of Chomskyan linguistics: 
2.1. Universal Grammar 
2.2. The Language Faculty 
2.3. Competence 
2.4. I-Language and E-Language 
3. Principles-and-Parameters Theory 
4. X-Bar Theory and the description of English syntax: projections

Module 2.3: A CONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH TO SYNTAX 
1. Introduction 
2. Origins of the theory and general tenets 
3. Key features of constructions: 
3.1. Definition 
3.2. The integration of verb and construction 
4. Typology of constructions 
5. Some common syntactic constructions of English: 
5.1. The ditransitive construction 
5.2. The caused-motion construction 
5.3. The resultative construction 
5.4. The way-construction

Module 2.4: EXPLORATIONS IN FUNCTIONAL SYNTAX 
1. Introduction 
2. Theoretical framework: formalist-functionalist linguistics 
3. Functional Sentence Perspective 
4. Thematic structure and information structure of the sentence 
5. The packaging of information in the sentence: 
5.1. Communicative factors 
5.2. Prosodic factors 
5.3. Grammatical factors 
6. Noncanonical syntactic constructions: 
6.1. Preposing constructions 
6.2. Postposing constructions 
6.3. Processes of preposing and postposing.

Working on the contents of the subject and solving doubts in tutorials: 45 hours.

Participating in the discussion on the platform forum: 15 hours

Writing an essay which offers a critical synthesis of the course contents: 15 hours.

Since the subject is taught online exclusively, the total number of hours required (75) corresponds to the autonomous work of the student.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

The assessment of the students' training is based on:

1. Doing the exercises and practical activities correctly (20%)
2. Relevant contributions to the forum (20%)
3. Quality of the final essay, as an original synthesis of the course contents (60%).

It does not apply, since the subject is taught entirely online.

It does not apply, since the subject is taught entirely online.

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