مودل ـ بوابة التعليم عن بعد ـ كلية الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية

This is a PFE that introduces the students to the study and practice of the basic theory and techniques of language translation applied to general topics of current events. Translation as product, translation as process, cultural problems in translation, denotative vs. connotative meanings, formal properties of texts, language variety and glossary development.

In this PFE, the students are askec to carry out the following tasks:

1. Build a working translation bibliography containing at least 20 titles;
2. Translate a word list (I suggested the General Service List);
3. An in-class phonetic transcription exercise; 
4. A phonetic transcription of an audio text assigned by me. 
5. A group article review. Different groups of students are going to be assigned  an article to write an article review about;
6. a- Translation into Arabic of an assigned text;

     b- Translation of a text from English into Arabic

 7. write about difficulties encountered in translation work

CONTENT SUMMARY:

The course is largely an introduction to the field of syntax within the Government and Binding approach as developed by Noam Chomsky in the early 1980s and subsequent developments thereof.     

COURSE OBJECTIVES:                                                  

The course aims at enabling the student to :      

        a- gain a good understanding of the concepts of the  GB-framework ;                                   

        b- learn how to do data analysis problems drawn from English and other languages using the conceptual                  

             tools of the aforementioned framework ;           

        c- have an idea about the recent developments in the field ;

        d- read fairly sophisticated books and articles in  the field ; discuss their readings with a fairly critical                    

            mind, and bring in their own contribution.

COURSE CONTENT:                                           

 1- Introduction: The Chomskyan perspectives on language studies;                                             

 2- The lexicon and sentence structure;                  

 3- Phrase structure;                                    

 4- Case theory;

 5- Anaphoric relations and overt NPs;                    

 6- Non-overt categories: PRO and Control;               

 7- Move- a: NP-Movement, WH-Movement, and

 8- An inventory of empty categories;                     

TEACHING METHOD:                                           

Lectures, data analysis problems and in-class tests whenever necessary. The students will also be required to give talks on the topics handled in class. They will also be required to submit written reports on their preliminary readings.                                          

TEXTBOOK:                                                 

The course will be primarily based on HAEGEMAN (1991); however, handouts will be frequently distributed. Besides the above reference, students are recommended to consult the other references listed below :

• HAEGEMAN, Lillian (1991) Introduction To Government And Binding Theory. Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell LTD.   
• RADFORD, Andrew (1981) Transformational Syntax. Cambridge, England: CUP.
• _________________(1988) Transformational Grammar. Cambridge England: CUP.
• RIEMSDIJK, Henk van and Edwin WILLIAMS (1986) Introduction to the Theory of Grammar. London, England: The MIT Press.

EXAMINATION:

A Comprehensive end of term examination consisting of essay questions and data analysis problems.

Master in Culture and Linguistics Semester 1 Syntax

Arabic Linguistics seminar (PFE)

Description of English Morphology and Syntax within the Generative Grammar framework