Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject investigates German syntax in a universal generative framework, ie in a framework which assigns structural descriptions on the basis of what is possible and what is not possible in human language. Transformational generative grammar will be used as a frame of reference, but relational grammar will be the framework used. Various syntactic phenomena will be investigated and comparisons with similar or, as the case may be, dissimilar phenomena in other languages will be made. Emphasis is placed on universals of language as applied specifically to German.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 70% + Examination (1 hour): 30%