Department of Language and Linguistic Science
- Language and Linguistic Science
- For current students
- Undergraduates
- Modules
- 2011-12
- First language syntax (L26H)
First language syntax
Aims
Aims
The module provides an opportunity to study in some more depth some of the most debated issues in the development by children of syntactic knowledge in their first language (L1A). In addition, students will gain experience in the interpretation of both experimental and corpus data in child language syntax.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Understand the differences between competing generative approaches to L1A
- Show how different types of (L1) syntactic data can be used to provide evidence for (or against)
- Competing accounts of L1 syntactic development
- Theoretical syntactic analyses of particular parts of grammar
- Demonstrate familiarity with the advantages and disadvantages of differing techniques for investigating L1 syntactic development
- Design and carry out a small-scale study in syntactic development
This module will be capped at 30.
About this module
- Module name
First language syntax- Course code
L26H (4140536)- Teacher
Bernadette Plunkett- Term(s) taught
Spring-Summer- Credits
20