160125 PS Formal Syntax (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 06.02.2025 08:00 to We 26.02.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
No class on 20 March 2025 and 27 March 2025.
- Thursday 06.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 13.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 20.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 27.03. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 03.04. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 10.04. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 08.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 15.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 22.05. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 05.06. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 12.06. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 12.06. 18:00 - 19:30 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Thursday 26.06. 14:30 - 16:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Attendance, participation: 20% presentation: 20%, Final written work: 60%
Overall, 50% of success in each component merits a pass grade.
Overall, 50% of success in each component merits a pass grade.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students are expected to regularly attend class (max. 2 missed classes) and actively participate in the discussion. There is also a reading for every week to facilitate the discussion, which students are expected to read in advance. Students must give a short presentation introducing one of the research papers on the reading list and submit a final essay. The final essay will be marked according to pre-published marking criteria to be made available on Moodle.
Examination topics
Topics and materials discussed in class (and protocoled on Moodle).
Reading list
to be announced (Moodle)
Association in the course directory
BA-APM10c
BA-APM10b
BA-APM10b
Last modified: Th 15.05.2025 08:46
In this proseminar we will go deeper into some of the theoretical and empirical issues introduced in the course 'VU Grammatiktheorie', at the same time as we broaden our scope of inquiry to yet other syntactic phenomena. This course will introduce Minimalist ideas about syntax focusing on its lesser-known variant Flexible Syntax (Neeleman and Weerman 1999). We will familiarise ourselves with the basic tenets of Minimalism and distinguish Flexible Syntax from more mainstream variants, gradually gaining a better understanding of human grammar through evaluating the theories' similarities and differences. We will look at different aspects of grammar including a selection of the following: theta-role assignment and the lexicon, agreement, movement, optionality, the interfaces between syntax and morphology, syntax and information structure, and syntax and PF. On an empirical level we will touch upon many topics selecting from the following: particle verbs, secondary predication, OV-VO asymmetries, symmetries in syntax, scrambling, complementiser agreement, negation, topic and focus movement, etc.