Dutch linguistics: Syntactic, semantic and functional aspects of word order [ LGERM2837 ]

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Main theme In this course, J. Firbas' theory of Functional Sentence Perspective will be introduced and applied to modern written Dutch.

The aims of this course are :
- to acquire insight into the basic principles which govern word order (in particular the Functional Sentence Perspective or FSP);
- to be able to apply the functional principles to different languages and/or to authentic material in Dutch.

Oral exam (theory and applications); students will be invited to comment on the methods, hypotheses, theoretical frameworks and results presented in the portfolio of scientific articles. In addition, they will present the results of their analysis of empirical data (identification of left and right periphery).

Portfolio discussion in flipped classroom configuration.

Form and function of the left and right periphery in the Dutch sentence/utterance.
Introduction : Overview of definition and treatment of the peripheries in traditional Dutch grammars. Portfolio of specific linguistic studies of form and function of LP and RP in different theoretical frameworks.

- Firbas, J., 1992, Functional sentence perspective in written and spoken communication. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Tijdschrift : Nederlandse Taalkunde Volume 15, Number 3, Januari 2010 : Themanummer over de linkerperiferie

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