In this course students will become acquainted with the fundamental concepts of syntax and with a wide variety of syntactic structures found in the world's languages and will develop skills in syntactic analysis.  Examples will be used from languages from every inhabited continent, and students will learn how to go about analyzing the syntax of an unfamiliar language.

On successful completion of  this course, the student will be able to:

1. Read descriptive and typologically oriented books and articles about syntax.
2. Apply a range of concept and terms from syntax to data that exemplify them.
3. Solve simple problems in grammatical analysis.
4. Undertake guided research in the grammatical structure of languages of different types, for example as in field methods courses on unfamiliar languages, or to support the teaching of more familiar ones

1. 2 x Analysis problems (1-2 pages of data, calling for 2-4 pages of analysis, 25% each = 50% total). [LO's 2,3]
2. 1 x Research Report of 1500-2000 words (25%) [LO's 1,2,3,4]
3. 1 x 2 hour final exam (25%) [LO's 2,3]

2.6 contact hours + 7.4 hours of readings, assessment items and tutorial preparation per week.

No special eligibility requirements

No special knowledge and skills beyond the Requisite Statement

Introduction to the Study of Language (LING1001/LING2001), or with permission of the Convener, Structure of English (LING1020/LING2020). These may also be taken concurrently, with permission of the Convenor.

LING6003

The textbook will be specified on Wattle, and additional readings made available there.

This course is required for Honours in Linguistics.