The main aims of the course are: (i) to provide students with knowledge in the area of English syntax with respect to phrase structure, rules of sentence formation, derivational processes, and the role of lexical information in instigating structure building; with the description following recent models of the theory of Generative Grammar., (ii) to develop students’ synthetic and analytical skills of the description of syntactic structures, and to provide them with the basic terminology needed for such a description, (iii) to provide students with basic information on English morphology and morphological derivation, and (iv) to develop students’ ability of empirical verification of the theoretical proposals, including the ability of comparative, cross-linguistic analysis. The course comprises 30 hours of lectures and 60 hours of classes and lasts for two semesters (summer semester of the 1st year and winter semester of the 2nd year of BA studies).
- Teacher: Przemysław Tajsner