Syntax
Objectives
By the end of the course, students should:
1. Have gained an understanding of syntax as an autonomous component of the grammar.
2. Be able to identify the object of study of syntax.
3. Distinguish between syntactic forms and functions, through empirical validation.
4. Have become familiar with constituent analysis as a tool for achieving generalisations about sentence structure.
5. Be able to identify the relationships between the lexicon and the syntax.
6. Have become familiar with the typology of verbal predicates.
7. Have developed an understanding of movement as a tool for the analysis of dependency relations in simple and complex sentences.
8. Have developed an understanding of non-derivational dependency relations.
General characterization
Code
711131052
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Ana Maria Lavadinho Madeira
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Carnie, Andrew (2006) Syntax: A Generative Introduction (2.ª ed.). Blackwell.
Duarte, Inês (2000) Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de Análise. Universidade Aberta.
Eliseu, André (2008) Sintaxe do Português. Caminho.
Haegeman, Liliane (2006) Thinking Syntactically: A Guide to Argumentation and Analysis. Blackwell.
Koopman, Hilda, Dominique Sportiche & Edward Stabler (2013) An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory. Wiley-Blackwell.
Mateus, Maria Helena Mira et al (2003) (eds.), Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho.
Mioto, C. (2013) Mioto, Carlos, Maria Cristina Figueiredo & Ruth Lopes (2013) Novo Manual de Sintaxe. Editora Contexto.
Raposo, Eduardo (1992) Teoria da Gramática. A Faculdade da Linguagem. Caminho.
Raposo, Eduardo et al (eds.) (2013) Gramática do Português. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Teaching method
Presentation of the main contents of the syllabus, making the most of students' active participation. Exercises describing and analysing linguistic data and solving problems in and outside the classroom.
Evaluation method
(a) Midterm test 1 (25%)
(b) Midterm test 2 (25%)
(c) Final test (50%)
Subject matter
1. introduction
1.1 Syntax as a component of grammar
1.2 The object of study of syntax
2. Lexicon and syntax
2.1 Subcategorization and semantic selection
2.2 Argument structure
3. Constituents and grammatical functions
3.1 Identifying constituents
3.2 Syntactic categories and functions
4. Lexical and functional structure of the sentence
4.1. The internal structure of phrases
4.2. The functional structure of the sentence
4.2.1 Movement of the verb
4.2.2 Movement of the subject
4.2.3 Simple and complex sentences (subordination)
5. Types of verbal predicates
5.1 Lexical and auxiliary verbs
5.2 Transitive, intransitive and unaccusative verbs
5.3 Predicative and predicative transitive verbs
6. Basic and derived structures
6.1 Passive and raising constructions (argument movement)
6.2 Interrogative and relative constructions (non-argument movement)
7. Referential dependencies and binding - the distribution of anaphors, pronouns and referential expressions