| Course Name |
(中) 句法學(5174) |
| (Eng.) Syntax |
| Offering Dept |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Course Type |
Elective |
Credits |
3 |
Teacher |
Ching-Yu Yang |
| Department |
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Graduate |
Language |
中/英文 |
Semester |
2026-SPRING |
| Course Description |
This course is designed to familiarize students with important topics and goals of Generative Syntax. In this semester, students will acquire the following knowledge, including parts of speech, constituency, trees, rules, x-bar theory, theta theory, functional categories, DP movement, wh-movement, Governing and Binding Theory and Minimalist Program. By the end of this semester, students will learn about major theories and the reasoning of syntax. The course also helps students develop skills required to understand and evaluate syntactic analyses. |
| Prerequisites |
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self-directed learning in the course |
Y |
| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Learn the general concepts and methodologies of generative syntax.
2. Develop skills required to understand and evaluate syntactic analyses.
3. Learn how to investigate data and propose an analysis using generative theories |
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| topic Discussion/Production |
| Exercises |
| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
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| Written Presentation |
| Attendance |
| Oral Presentation |
| Assignment |
| Quiz |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
(2/19) Introduction & Generative Grammar |
| Week 2 |
(2/26) Constituency, Trees, Rules |
| Week 3 |
(3/4) Binding Theory & Structural Relations |
| Week 4 |
(3/11) X-bar Theory |
| Week 5 |
(3/18) Extending X-bar Theory to Functional Categories |
| Week 6 |
(3/25)Constraining X-bar: Theta Theory |
| Week 7 |
(4/1) No class (Make-up Day of Sports Day) |
| Week 8 |
(4/8) Head-to-Head Movement |
| Week 9 |
(4/15) DP Movement |
| Week 10 |
(4/22) Wh-movement |
| Week 11 |
(4/29) Raising, Control and Empty Categories |
| Week 12 |
(5/6) Midterm Exam (open book) |
| Week 13 |
(5/13) 1. Huang, C. T. J. (1984). On the distribution and reference of empty pronouns. Linguistic inquiry, 531-574.
2. Huang, C. T. J. (1987). Remarks on empty categories in Chinese. Linguistic inquiry, 321-337. |
| Week 14 |
(5/20) Individual Conferences |
| Week 15 |
(5/27) Self-directed Learning (Independent Study) |
| Week 16 |
(6/3) Self-directed Learning (Independent Study)
(6/10) No class (Dragon Boat Festival)
(6/17) Final project submission |
self-directed
learning |
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| Evaluation |
Attendance and participation 30%
Midterm exam 35%
Final project 35% |
| Textbook & other References |
1. Carnie, A. 2011. Syntax: A Generative Introduction, 3rd Edition: Cambridge University Press.
2. Huang (1984) https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ctjhuang/files/1984_empty_pronouns.pdf?m=1443058306
3. Huang (1987) https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ctjhuang/files/1987.remarks-ec.pdf?m=1443125643 |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| iLearning 3 |
| Office Hours |
| by appointment |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
| 04.Quality Education | include experience courses：N |
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