Academic staff

Alessandra Tomaselli , Cecilia Poletto (Università di Padova, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Referent

Alessandra Tomaselli

Credits

1

Language

English

Class attendance

Compulsory

Location

VERONA

Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

On successful completion of this module, PhD students will be able to demonstrate to: • understand the basic theoretical concepts and methodological issues underlying the discussion on the format of parameters in the generative grammar framework; • recognize the role of micro-variation in order to identify the core aspects of a given syntactic phenomenon;
• apply their knowledge and critical thinking to choose between different theoretical models.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of the Government & Binding model

Program

The aim of this seminar is to show the importance of micro- variation for the discussion about the format of parameters within the generative grammar framework. In particular, we will discuss two well-studied syntactic parameters, i.e. +/- V2 and +/-Null Subject, which represent the major divide between Germanic and Romance varieties.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

ppt presentations

Learning assessment procedures

PhD students can choose aspects of the module as topic of their term paper

Assessment

Originality, clarity of presentation

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

the evaluation will be either positive or negative

Scheduled Lessons