99年第2學期-0163 英文句法學 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Text analysis	20
Mid-term exam	20
Participation	30
Homework	30

教育目標

Course Objectives: By the end of the semester, students should: 1. have a grounding in contemporary work in English syntax; 2. be familiar with the grammatical structure of English; 3. be able to analyse samples of relevant data for themselves; 4. appreciate the relation between linguistic theory and data; 5. be confident enough to tackle courses (e.g. Applied linguistics, language acquisition, and psycholinguistics) which presuppose some background in syntax;

課程概述

This module provides an introduction to recent work in English syntax. Its focus is the minimalist theory developed by Chomsky over the past fifteen years. It should be viewed as an extended segment of linguistics for those who have taken Introduction to Linguistics and/or for those who are preparing themselves for postgraduate entrance examinations with a special focus on linguistics or TESOL. The module will cover the following topics: 1. Grammar (What is grammar?); 2. Categories (lexical and functional Categories); 3. Structure (the formation of English sentences); 4. Principles and Parameters (similarities and differences in language design); 5. Empty Categories (zero subjects and complements); 6. Head Movement (syntactic movements of various categories); and 7. Subjects (subjects, predicate, and case).

基本資料

選修課，學分數：0-2
上課時間：二/1,2[LAN013]
修課班級：外文系2,3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：大二學生優先選課 意者請於預選階段至系辦登記

參考書目

Radford, A. (1997). Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press


Recommended Reading:

Chomsky, N. (1995). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press

Ouhalla, J. (1991) Functional Categories and Parametric Variation. London:
Routledge.

Radford, A. (1981). Transformational Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

_______ (1988). Transformational Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

_______ (2004). English Syntax: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Radford, A., M. Atkinson, D. Britain, H. Clahsen, and A. Spencer (1999) Linguistics:
An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rosen, S.T. (1990) Argument Structure and Complex Predicates. New York: Garland.