Issues in Italian Syntax (ITAL0013)

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Issues in Italian Syntax (ITAL0013)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: School of European Languages, Culture and Society
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Available to Affiliates subject to space.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

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After a brief introduction to the syntactic representation of Italian sentences, this module explores two of the most fundamental linguistic conditions shaping the structure of sentences in all human languages: theta theory, governing the most fundamental semantic relations holding between the main components of a sentence, and Case theory, governing the positions that those same components may take in a sentence. Understanding these conditions will shed light on otherwise mysterious facts like the alternation of auxiliary essere (to be) and avere (to have) across Italian verbs.听

Teaching Delivery听

This module consists of 10 two-hour lectures which will also include short practice sessions.鈥�

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In Person
Methods of assessment: 100% Fixed-time remote activity
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 7
Module leader: Professor Vieri Samek-lodovici
Who to contact for more information: v.samek-lodovici@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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