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Module code:PLIN1201(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Introduction To Generative Grammar A
Credit value:.5
Division:Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Module organiser:Klaus Abels
Organiser's location:Chandler House
Organiser's email:k.abels@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):1,
Module prerequisites:NONE 
Module outline:This course introduces students to the scientific study of human language, with special emphasis on sentence structure. 
Module aims:We ask what sort of knowledge must be attributed to someone who \"knows a language\" and begin to answer that question by developing some of the essential building blocks of natural language grammars. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of sentence structure and to discover how the design of the human capacity for language (the so-called \'language faculty\') determines properties of sentence structure. 
Module objectives:To familiarize students with the generative perspective on the study of languages; to introduce students to descriptive tools, such as tree structures; to learn about structural relations in sentences, such as argument structure, case, and movement; to sharpen students\' analytical skills through problem discovery and problem solving exercises. At the end of the course, students have a basic understanding of the grammatical mechanisms involved in simple declarative sentences and in questions. 
Key skills provided by module:Analytical skills 
Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=PLIN1201 
Module assessment:Coursework (2,000 words) 60.00%.
e-assessment (90 minutes) 40.00%.
 
Notes:available as an option module (numbers permitting); UCL students can register on Portico, intercollegiate students should contact s.anyadi@ucl.ac.uk 
Taking this module as an option?:Available as an option module 
Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)http://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=170 
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