Universität Wien

160224 VO Syntax of a Specific Language: Albanian (2007W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 03.10. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 10.10. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 17.10. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 24.10. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 31.10. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 07.11. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 14.11. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 21.11. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 28.11. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 05.12. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 12.12. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 09.01. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 16.01. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 23.01. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Wednesday 30.01. 11:00 - 13:00 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

After introducing the peculiarities of the Albanian clause structure, special attention will be paid to the structure of wh-constructions and restrictive relative clauses, clitic constructions, the syntax of nominal constituents, and argument realization.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the syntax of Albanian, a relatively under-researched language within the generative paradigm. With its rich morphology, Albanian is an excellent testbed especially for the study of the nature of the interfaces of grammar.

Examination topics

The course is theoretically underpinned in generative grammar, specifically the Principles and Parameters framework. Therefore, students participating in this course must have attended "Einführung in die spezielle Grammatiktheorie". Exchange students must have attended an equivalent course (introduction to the theory of grammar, or introduction to syntax). To obtain a certificate, students must sit an exam (oral or written).

Reading list

These materials will be made available:

Kallulli, Dalina. 2000. Direct object clitic doubling in Albanian and Greek. In Frits Beukema & Marcel den Dikken (eds.) Clitic Phenomena in European Languages 209-248. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Kallulli, Dalina. 2007a. Resumption, relativization, null subjects, and information structure. In Jutta Hartmann, Veronika Hegedus & Henk van Riemsdijk (eds.) Sounds of Silence. Holland: Elsevier.

Kallulli, Dalina. 2007b. Rethinking the passive/anticausative distinction. Linguistic Inquiry 38, 4.

Rivero, Maria-Luisa. 1990. The location of non-Active voice in Albanian and Modern Greek. Linguistic Inquiry 21:135-46.

Turano, Giuseppina. 1998. Overt and covert dependencies in Albanian. Studia Linguistica 52:149-183.

Association in the course directory

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