Ä°DB629 - SYNTAX
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYNTAX | Ä°DB629 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Asst. Prof. Dr. Taylan Akal | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to describe basic concepts of syntax, applying these basic concepts to various sentence types, evaluating the rules of language in regard to these informations and realizing the syntactic approaches brought to language. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Analysis of linguistic structures in regard to various syntactic approaches | |||||
| References | Chomsky, N. (1982). The Generative Enterprise. Foris. Dik, C. S. (1989). The Theory of Functional Grammar, De Gruyter. Halliday, MAK. (1985). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. Langacker, R. (1987). Foundations of Cognitive Grammar. Standford University Press. Radford, A. (1988). Transformational Syntax. CUP. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Basic concepts of syntax and preliminary approaches in this field |
| Week 2 | Difference and description of phrase and clause |
| Week 3 | Sentence types and related approaches |
| Week 4 | Syntactic theories in accordance with sentence trees |
| Week 5 | Syntactic expression of phrases and subordinate clauses through sentence trees |
| Week 6 | Types of verbs and types of sentences related with verbs |
| Week 7 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 8 | Types of subordinate clauses |
| Week 9 | Syntactic rules of participles |
| Week 10 | Syntactic rules of adverbial clauses |
| Week 11 | Syntactic rules of complement clauses |
| Week 12 | Syntactic rules of wh-question sentences |
| Week 13 | Syntactic rules of yes-no question sentences |
| Week 14 | Syntactic rules of movement |
| Week 15 | General discussion |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 7 | 9 | 63 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 48 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest