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FLE333 INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX

Course Code:	4500333
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	5.0
Department:	Foreign Language Education
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. MARTINA GRACANIN YÜKSEK
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Basic notions of generative syntax within the framework of Principles and Parameters and Minimalist program. The course will enable students to work with linguistic data from a variety of languages, including but not restricted to English, make generalizations over the data, form hypotheses that can explain the generalizations, and test the hypotheses on more data in order to reach a (tentative) conclusion.