Catalan Syntax
Code: 100696 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501801 Catalan and Spanish Studies | OB | 3 | 1 |
| 2501902 English and Catalan Studies | OB | 3 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jaume Mateu Fontanals
- Email:
- jaume.mateu@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
Catalan native language needed. It is required for the students to have an excellent oral and written command of the Catalan language and it is also necessary for them to master the associated prescriptive grammar.
Objectives and Contextualisation
- to be capable of analyzing basic syntactic structures
- to be capable of relating the properties of the lexicon with the form of syntactic structures
- to be capable of distinguishing which aspects of lexical meaning are relevant to grammar and which are not
- to be capable of analyzing the syntactic and semantic properties of different types of predicates and argument structures
- to be capable of analyzing the syntactic and semantic properties of idioms and other lexicalized expressions of Catalan
- to be capable of analyzing the syntactic and semantic properties of word formation (derivation and compounding) of Catalan
- to be capable of distinguishing, by using a lexical theory, which words are (im)possible
Competences
- Catalan and Spanish Studies
- Analyse, with the help of the concepts of linguistic theory and contributions of applied linguistics when appropriate, the main properties phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and semantic Catalan language, its evolution throughout history its current structure.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English and Catalan Studies
- Analyse, with the help of the concepts of linguistic theory and contributions of applied linguistics when appropriate, the main properties phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and semantic Catalan language, its evolution throughout history its current structure.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply appropriate and thoughtfully prescriptive principles of oral and written standard Catalan.
- Master oral and written expression in Catalan.
- Producing a written text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
- Producing an oral text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
- Properly apply the knowledge gained to data collection and management of documentary sources application to the study of Catalan language and literature.
- Understanding the processes of bending, derivation, composition and lexicalization.
- Work independently in the synchronic and diachronic study of Catalan language and literature.
Content
This subject is taught with alternative teaching with the Lexicon and Grammar subject (code: 105827), from which the Teaching Guide can be consulted on the webpage of the Degree in Catalan Philology: studies of literature and linguistics.
According to the set of subjects included in "Catalan language: synchrony and diachrony", the contents to be dealt are the following ones:
Methodology
Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
NB: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree program, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures and classroom practice | 52 | 2.08 | 5, 1, 6, 7 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Discussion of bibliography and exercise resolution | 19 | 0.76 | 5, 1, 6, 7 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Study of class notes and bibliography | 40 | 1.6 | 5, 1, 6, 7 |
Assessment
Grading will be based on the following activities:
(a) Final exam: 50%
(b) Lexicogrammatical analysis exercises: 20%
(c) Essay: 20%
(d) Other complementary activities: 10%
The minimum grade to pass the course is 5. The day & time to revise assessed course activities will be notified in advance.
For the student to be able to do the re-assessment ("recuperació"), these two conditions are required: (i) having obtained an average overall grade that is equal to or higher than 3.5 and having being assessed wrt 2/3 parts of the subject. The maximum overall grade to be obtained from the re-assessment test is 5. Activities (c) and (d) are excluded from re-assessment.
In case the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant change in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. If there are several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
In case some tests or exams cannot be carried out on-site, these will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained).
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay on an article | 20% | 17 | 0.68 | 5, 1, 3, 4, 6, 2, 7 |
| Exercises of lexico-syntactic analysis | 20% | 17 | 0.68 | 5, 1, 6, 7 |
| Final test | 50% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 5, 1, 6, 7 |
| Other activities | 10% | 3.5 | 0.14 | 5 |
Bibliography
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Bosque, Ignacio and Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach (2009). Fundamentos de sintaxis formal. [chap. 5 “Léxico y sintaxis” & chap. 6 "Sujetos y objetos"]. Madrid: Akal.
De Miguel, Elena (ed.). (2009). Panorama de la lexicología. Barcelona: Ariel Letras.
Espinal, M. Teresa and Jaume Mateu (2005). “La llengua a les frases fetes”. Articles de Didàctica de la Llengua i de la Literatura 36: 20−31.
Ginebra,Jordi and Pere Navarro (2015). “Concurrències lèxiques en català i en espanyol: uns quants contrastos.” In À. Martín Escribà et al. (eds.). Actes del Setzè Col·loqui Internacional de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes. Universitat de Salamanca, 1–6 de juliol de 2012, vol. 2, pp. 217−228. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat.
Gràcia, Lluïsa (1994). Morfologia lèxica. L’herència de l’estructura argumental. Col·lecció Biblioteca Lingüística Catalana. Universitat de València.
Institut d’Estudis Catalans (2016). Gramàtica de la llengua catalana [chap. 13 "Sintaxi: conceptes bàsics"; chap. 21 "La predicació verbal"; chap. 22 "La predicació no verbal"]. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
Institut d'Estudis Catalans (2018). Gramàtica essencial de la llengua catalana [https://geiec.iec.cat/]. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
Mateu, Jaume (2002). “Lexicologia II. L’estructura semàntica de les unitats lèxiques”. In M.Teresa Espinal (coord.). Semàntica. Del significat del mot al significat de l’oració, pp. 139-182. Barcelona: Ariel Lingüística.
Mateu, Jaume (2020). “Lexicalized Syntax: Phraseology". In Joan A. Argenter and Jens Lüdtke (eds.). Manual of Catalan Linguistics. Berlin: De Gruyter.
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Rosselló, Joana (20082). “El SV: verb i arguments verbals”. In Joan Solà et al. (dir.). Gramàtica del català contemporani. Chap. 13, vol. 2. Barcelona: Empúries.
Software
None.