Spanish Syntax: Complex Sentence
Code: 100584 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OT | 4 |
| English and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| English and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
| Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ángel Jesús Gallego Bartolomé
- Email:
- angel.gallego@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
As the student has demonstrated, by obtaining the credits corresponding to the basic and compulsory training subjects, that he / she has acquired the basic competences, he / she must be able to express himself / herself correctly orally and in writing. For this reason, any spelling and expression errors you may make will result in a drop in the score in the final grade.
The practical activities and the works presented in the subject will have to be original and will not admit, in no circumstance, the total or partial plagiarism of other people's materials published in any support. The possible presentation of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically lead to the rating of suspense (0).
It is also considered that the student knows the general rules of presentation of an academic work. However, the teacher of the subject may give specific rules, if he deems it necessary.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject is integrated into the subject as a whole, which is part of the 108 compulsory credits of the Degree in Spanish Language and Literature, and which the student takes together with other language and literature subjects. This is a syntax course that complements and deepens the subject Syntax of Spanish: the simple sentence. It starts from a descriptive approach to the phenomena that Spanish Syntax: the simple sentence affect to the compound sentence and provides the fundamental theoretical tools for its analysis and understanding.
The practical activities and the works presented in the subject will have to be original and the total or partial plagiarism of third-party materials published in any medium will not be accepted under any circumstances. The eventual presentation of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically lead to a fail grade (0).
Likewise, it is considered that the student knows the general rules of presentation of an academic work. However, the professor of the subject can give specific rules, if he considers it necessary.
Competences
- Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture
- Analyse the phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and semantic properties of the Spanish language and the Mandarin Chinese language.
- Describe the linguistic foundations on which the standards of Spanish and mandarin Chinese are based.
- English and Spanish Studies
- Analyse the main phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and semantic properties of the English and Spanish languages, their evolution throughout history and their current structure.
- Catalan and Spanish Studies
- Analyse the main phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and semantic properties of the Catalan and Spanish languages, their historical evolution and their current structure.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse linguistic structures in Spanish.
- Analyze linguistic structures.
- Correctly identify linguistic units.
- Identify and describe the syntactic constructions of Spanish.
Content
1. From the simple sentence to the comples sentence
The architecture of the sentence. Verbal phrase (SV) and predication. Verbal inflection: time and agreement marks. The complementizer phrase (SC): marks of subordination. Modality.
2. The complex sentence: general characterization
Coordination and subordination. The classification of subordinate clauses: completive, relative and adverbial subordinate clauses. Clause typing and tense. Types of subordinate nexuses.
3. The completive (or substantive) subordination
Complementary subordination: general characterization and typology. Predicates that select completive subordinates. The complementizers of completive subordination. Tense: the alternation between finite and non-finite verbal forms. Finite verb forms: indicative, subjunctive. Modality and substantive subordination: interrogatives vs and indirect exclamations. Quantified clauses.
4. Relative (or adjective) subordination
Relative clauses: general characterization and typology. Marks of relative subordination: the status of relative pronouns and adverbs. The relative free or "nominalized." Relationships between interrogative, exclamatory and relative clauses.
5. Adverbial subordination
Adverbial subordination: the traditional functional approach. The marks of adverbial subordination. Subordinate nexus classes. The absolute constructions. Own and improper adverbial subordinates. The formal analysis of adverbial subordination.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Master classes, seminar sessions and teacher-led practices | 50.5 | 2.02 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Scheduled tutorials | 15.5 | 0.62 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Individual work | 72.25 | 2.89 |
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.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 10% | 0 | 0 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
| Exam 1 | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
| Exam 2 | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
| Participation in class | 10% | 3.75 | 0.15 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
1. Continous assessment
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Assessment activities |
Weight |
| Exam 1 |
40% |
|
Exam 2 |
40% |
|
Assignments |
10% |
|
Participation / Attendance |
10% |
The exams will contain a multiple-choice exercise, a reverse analysis exercise, and an argumentation or analysis question on aspects related to the course content.
Exam 1: 1 and 2.
Exam 2: 3, 4, and 5.
The exercises, meanwhile, will consist of short activities related to the applied component of the course.
Class participation will be measured by submitting activities through the Virtual Campus.
1.1 Criteria for the evaluation of the subject
To pass the course, after completing the four assessable activities mentioned above and after applying the percentages indicated above, the student must obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 5. If the final grade is...
- Less than 3.5, the student will receive a failing grade.
- Between 3.5 and 4.8, the student will be eligible to retake the course.
- The student will receive a grade of not assessable as long as they have not submitted more than 1/3 of the assessment activities.
1.2. Re-evaluation criteria
Students who obtain a final grade between 3.5 and 4.8 and who have completed two-thirds of the aforementioned assessment activities may retake the subject on the date scheduled by the Faculty, where they will take the test(s) / exam(s) they failed.
The grade obtained in the retake will be their final grade for the subject.
Students who pass the subject will be allowed to retake the retake to improve their grade. Therefore, they will waive their previous grade, and the grade obtained in the retake will be their final grade.
1.3. Assessment Criteria
In order to pass the exam, mastery of the normative is considered essential; therefore, when evaluating the activities mentioned above, spelling errors, incorrect use of punctuation, lexical errors and morphosyntactic errors will be penalized.
1.4 Review procedure for evaluable evidence
After the publication of the gradingof the evaluable activities mentioned above, the teacher will inform the students through Moodle of the day and time for the review of such activities.
1.5 Misconduct in assessment activities
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
1.6 Artificial Intelligence
In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not allowed in any of its phases. Any work that includes fragments generated with AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and will result in the activity being evaluated with a 0 and not being able to be recovered, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
1.7 Erasmus Students
Erasmus students who request to advance an exam must present the teacher with a written document from their home university justifying their request.
2. Single assessment
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Assessment activities |
Weight |
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Exam 1 |
40% |
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Exam 2 |
40% |
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Assignments |
20% |
The tests will consist of an exam with a multiple choice exercise, another one ofreverse analysis and an argumentation or analysis question on aspects related to the content of the course.
The exercises/homework, on the other hand, will consist of short activities linked to the applied part of the course.
Everything established in points 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 of the previous section is also applicable to the singleassessment. The date for the single evaluation will coincide with the date of Exam 2 of the continuous assessment. The teacher will communicate to the student the date for the single assessment through Moodle at the beginning of the course.
Bibliography
Bosque, Ignacio. (1989): Las categorías gramaticales. Relaciones y diferencias. Madrid, Síntesis.
Bosque, Ignacio. (1994): Repaso de sintaxis tradicional. Ejercicios de autocomprobación. Madrid, Arco Libros.
Bosque, Ignacio & Demonte, Violeta eds. (1999): Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española. Calpe. 3 vols. Madrid, Espasa.
Bosque, Ignacio. & Gutiérrez-Rexach, Javier (2009): Fundamentos de Sintaxis Formal. Madrid, Akal.
Hernanz, Mª. Luisa & Brucart, José María (1987): La sintaxis, I. Principios teóricos. La oración simple. Barcelona, Crítica.
Pavón Lucero, María Victoria (ed.) (2016): Las relaciones interoracionales enespañol. Berlin, De Gruyter.
RAE (2010): Nueva gramática de la lengua española. Manual. Madrid, Espasa.
Rodríguez Ramalle, Teresa María (2005): Manual de Sintaxis del Español. Madrid, Castalia.
Rodríguez Ramalle, Teresa María (2015): Las relaciones sintácticas. Madrid, Síntesis.
Software
Does not apply.
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |