114B SPANISH MORPHOLOGY & SYNTAX

Fall 2003 – Tues./Thur.: 3:30 – 4:45

PHELPS 3519

Prof. Viola Miglio

Prerequisite: Sp. 100 (introductory Spanish linguistics course).

Language: The course is actually taught in Spanish (despite this syllabus...).

How to contact me: please use email ().

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-12 (office # 4328 in Phelps Hall).

You should try and see me during those hours or – if you really can’t make it then, contact me and set up an appointment – please do not just wander by.

Textbook: Jos Hallebeek. 1994. Morfología y sintaxis del español. Madrid: Playor. There is a copy of the book on reserve at the library – we could not find enough copies for you to buy, so I suggest you make copies of the library copy or use it at the library directly (it’s a 2 hour reserve).

Overview of the course: The course is intended to give you a good grasp of the mechanisms used in Spanish morphology and syntax, comparing it to that of English and of other languages if necessary. We will look at the basic components of morphology, classification of words, inflexion and derivation, revising and building on what you learnt in Span 100. In syntax you will learn to analyse the structure of phrases and recognize different types of clauses, building up to discourse analysis at the end of the course. There will be many exercises in class and at home, and you have to be prepared to participate in class.

By the end of the course you should be able to:

-Know the basic morphological structure of words in Spanish.

-Understand the differences between inflexion and derivation.

-Be able to classify any Spanish word.

-Analyse all types of syntactic phrases.

-Classify the most common types of clauses.

Evaluation:Please read this carefully. The course will be evaluated using continuous assessment, i.e. by means of 5 tests throughout the term and NO cumulative final. This should take away your exam panic; if you study little by little throughout the term, you should have no trouble acing this course. The downside is that you are responsible for attending ALL tests on the day they are set. Underno circumstance – except for grave medical reasons - can an exam be taken on any other day but the set day. If you miss it, your final grade will be 10%-20% short. There will be no make-ups. The first test is worth 10%, the following ones 20% each, and participation (i.e. attendance and actual class participation) is worth another 10%. Your attendance of the course after week 3 means that you understand and accept these terms.

This is the breakdown of the course – there may be changes of subject or date as the course proceeds; I will of course let you know in advance if this happens. An updated version of the programme, should there be changes, is to be found on the following web page: and follow the link to -> span114B.

On the web page you will also find the information about tests and my class notes, week by week..

Note: It is your duty to check the web page regularly - I will not answer emails asking me what we did in class on a specific date: it will be on the web.

Week / Date / Subject matter / Reading
1 / 9/23 / Introduction – language as communication – what is grammar – what is linguistics / morphology / syntax / Chp. 0
9/25 /

NO CLASS

2 / 9/30 / Oración grammatical – sintagma – palabra - morfema / 1.1
10/2 / Morfemas léxicos y gramaticales (flexión y derivación) / 1.2
3 / 10/7 / Funciones sintácticas de las palabras -Morfosintaxis – sintagma nominal – / 1.3
2.1 pp 50-68
10/9 / TEST 1 – Sólo va a haber el examen hoy (clase breve)
4 / 10/14 / Diagramas arbóreos
10/16 / Semántica - Pronombre - Modificadores / 1.5 –
p.69-83
5 / 10/21 / Sintagma adjetivo / 2.2
10/23 / TEST 2 – Sintagma adverbial / 2.3
6 / 10/28 / Sintagma adverbial (comparativos) – Sintagma preposicional – Sintagma verbal / 2.5 – 2.4
2.6
115-118
10/30 / Transformaciones – el sintagma complementante (SC)
7 / 11/4 / Transformaciones (repaso) – leísmo y loísmo / 120-128
11/6 / TEST 3 – Sintagma verbal - morfología - aspecto y tiempos / 2.6.5 ff.
132-176
8 / 11/11 / Oración simple / 2.7
177-205
11/13 / Elementos de relación
Oraciones activas/pasivas, reflexivas, impersonales
Orden de consituyentes – sustitución y elipsis / 2.7.5 ff.
205-210 210-222
223-231
9 / 11/18 / TEST 4 – Oración compuesta-coordinación / 2.8
11/20 / Subordinación – sustantivas – adjetivas / 237-243
10 / 11/25 / Adverbiales – comparatives - consecutivas – repaso / 244-255
11/27 / NO HAY CLASE – THANKSGIVING
11 / 12/2 / Evaluaciones + TEST 5