Syntax I

Code:

CL022

Acronym:

SINT1

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	24	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	2	-	6	4
LLC	4	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	4
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Strengthen the knowledge of the essential syntactic concepts already taught in Basics of Grammatical Analysis;
2. Acquire the theoretical and methodological basis to analyse the various syntactic aspects of the affirmative and declarative sentence, taking as its starting point not only Portuguese but also other Romance and German languages, and to discuss the relationship between lexicon and syntax.

Program

1. Preliminary reflections
1.1. Language, grammar, levels of linguistic knowledge.
1.2. The object of Syntax.

2. Basic concepts in Syntax
2.1. Word classes: from Morphosyntax to Syntax.
2.2. Phrase structure and syntactic categories.
2.3. Head and phrase categories.
2.4. The principle of endocentricity.
2.5. Syntactic functions: main syntactic functions in Portuguese and their properties.
2.6. Patterns in word order.
2.7. Portuguese as a SVO language.

3. From lexicon to syntax
3.1. Categorial selection or subcategorisation.
3.2. Thematic selection; thematic roles.
3.3. Verbal predicates and argument structure:
3.3.1. Verbs with no external argument or “impersonal verbs”.
3.3.2. Verbs with external argument or “personal verbs”.
3.3.3. Direct and indirect transitive verbs.
3.3.4. Complements and adjuncts.
3.3.5. The syntax of the Indirect Object in Portuguese and in other languages; the double object construction in English.
3.3.6. Intransitive verbs.
3.3.7. Vs with cognate objects.

4. Aspects of syntax of the affirmative and declarative sentence
4.1. Null subject languages; non-null subject languages.
4.2. Empty categories in argument positions:
4.2.1. Null subject in inflected sentences.
4.2.2. Objects incorporated in V; the construction of null object.
4.3. Some constructions involving the change of position or number of arguments in null subject languages and in non-null subject languages
4.3.1. The “inversion” of the subject.
4.3.2. The impersonal or “nominative “ “se”.
4.3.3. The passive: “classic” passive; the "se” passive; personal and impersonal passives.
4.3.4. The causative/anticausative alternance and the “ergative “se”.
4.3.5. Unaccusative verbs.
4.3.6. Predicative clauses.
4.3.7. Clauses with "parecer" ("to seem"). Subject raising.

Mandatory literature

Brito, Ana Maria; "Portugiesisch: Morphosyntax. Morfo-sintaxe" in HOLTUS, G., METZELTIN, M. & SCHMITT, C. (orgs.) Lexikon der Romanistishen Linguistik (LRL), vol. VI, 2, pp. 233-240. , Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen , 1994
CUNHA, C. & CINTRA, L. F. ; Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo, João Sá da Costa, Lisboa, 1984. ISBN: nao tem
Duarte, I.; Língua Portuguesa, Instrumentos de Análise, Lisboa, U. Aberta, 2000., Universidade Aberta, 2000. ISBN: 972-674-322-2
DUARTE, I. e BRITO, A.M. ; “Sintaxe” in FARIA, I. H.; PEDRO, E. R.; DUARTE, I.; GOUVEIA, C. (orgs.) – Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, Lisboa, Caminho, 1996, pp.247- 302., Caminho, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Eliseu, André; Sintaxe do Português, Col. O Essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa, Caminho, Lisboa, 2008
Mateus, M. H. et alii ; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, 5ª ed., Caminho, Lisboa, 2003. ISBN: 972-21-0445-4
Raposo, E.P.; Teoria da Gramática. A Faculdade de Linguagem, caps. 2., 3., 4. e 5.., Caminho, Lisboa, 1992. ISBN: 972-21-0713-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes; practical classes; tutorials.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Tests and examination	Exame	6,00		2013-02-12
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Oriented study	Estudo autónomo	100	2012-12-18
	Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two tests throughout the semester, each counting for 50%, or a final exam counting for 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with course regulations and other applicable rules.

Observations

Not applicable