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Module code:PLING221(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Intermediate Generative Grammar A
Credit value:15
Division:Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Module organiser:Matthew Reeve
Organiser's location:Chandler House, Rm 111
Organiser's email:m.reeve@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):
Module prerequisites:Introductory-level syntax classes. 
Module outline:This course provides a mid-level introduction to generative grammar, with a special emphasis on theories that regulate word order. These include proposals that restrict syntactic combination (such as X-bar theory, antisymmetry, and so on), theories that regulate the distribution of arguments (case and theta-theory) and theories that regulate the distribution of adverbials (such as the hierarchies that determine the relative order of adverbials). 
Module aims:The aims of the course are: - To familiarize students with theories in Generative Grammar that regulate word order. - To train students in reading and summarizing primary literature. - To train students in evaluating theoretical proposals.  
Module objectives:Intended learning outcomes: - Knowledge of theories that regulate word order. - Ability to read, understand and evaluate primary literature in this area. 
Key skills provided by module: 
Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=PLING221 
Module assessment:Unseen two-hour written examination 100.00%.
 
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)https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=19263 
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