Course Description:
This course introduces students to the English syntactic structures in terms of functions and categories. It also focuses
on introducing the major fundamental syntactic concepts and theories. The course aims at clarifying the differences
between Syntax and Grammar and equips students with the required skills to diagnose syntactic errors and duly correct
them.
Course Objectives:
- Describe the basic theories of syntax;
- Make distinction between various syntactic properties of English and other languages;
- Suggest tools to analyze syntactic structures;
- Clarify the difference between Syntax and Grammar; and
- Highlight the comparative aspects of generative grammar and the nature of crosslinguistic variation.