| CODE | LIN2023 | ||||||
| TITLE | Theorizing about Language | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Learning Objectives: In this study-unit, students study in detail the concept of a scientific theory and apply their knowledge of theories to specific linguistic theories. Content Covered: The concept of a theory is explored and discussed in detail; Pro-Drop theory and Binding Theory are presented and analysed as examples of linguistic sub-theories, with an emphasis on an understanding of the relation between the data and the theory. Reading List: - Allwood J., L.G. Andersson and O. Dahl 1997. Logic in Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press - Lyons, J. 1968. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press - Newmeyer, F. 1980. Linguistic Theory in America: the first quarter-century of transformational generative Grammar. New York: Academic Press - Newmeyer, F. 1983. Grammatical Theory: its limits and its possibilities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ray Fabri |
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