Syntaxe/Syntax

3 credits · Undergraduate

Syntax is a linguistic discipline focusing on sentence structures i.e., on how words are organized linearly and hierarchically together in order to form larger units: phrases, sentences. Some theoretical frameworks have been defined which propose sets of principles/(meta) rules aiming at describing syntactic features that are both common to all languages and specific to individual ones. This course will concentrate on the description of French syntax (general/specific features) through one (or more) of these frameworks. PREREQUISITES: FREN 2020.03 EXCLUSIONS: FREN 3020.06 FORMATS: Lecture