GRN3115

German syntax

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

E M Wilkinson

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Clayton
* Corequisites: a third-year language core subject

Objectives Upon completion of the subject students should know what it means to construct a syntactic argument, including knowing what questions to ask in order to falsify a hypothesis; have an improved knowledge of the types of constraints which exist in German syntax and, where relevant, English syntax, and have an improved knowledge of the relationships among sentence types, eg subordinate clause and infinitive phrase; be able to analyse and diagram German sentences in a revealing manner. In preparing written work, students will be expected to read more widely than if doing the subject at second-year level.

Synopsis As for GRN 2115. This subject is an introduction to syntactic theory utilising the grammatical framework relational grammar to explore the syntax of Modern Standard German and occasionally of other languages.

Assessment Written (3000 words): 45%
* Class paper: 25%
* Examinations (1 hour): 30%

Prescribed texts

A reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the semester.