LING20010

Learning Outcomes:

At the completion of the module, students should be able to
--recognise common architectural patterns across categories and phrases;
--represent phrase structure in the form of tree-diagrams using X-bar schema;
--analyse relationships between lexical information and structural representations and related constraints;
--solve problems of selected instances of variation in word order across languages;
--use formalism as a means of representing and summarising information;
--evaluate empirical evidence and evidence-based argumentation in the process of constructing a language model.

Indicative Module Content:

X-bar Theory of phrase structure
X-bar Theory and functional categories
Theta Theory and thematic structures
Case Theory and grammatical functions
Relevant parameters of crosslinguistic variation

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

LING10040 Words & Sentences OR LING10050 Introduction to Linguistics
International students are expected to have equivalent prior learning requirements.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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