Estonian Syntax
Course code
EKE6005.HT
old course code
EKE6005
Course title in Estonian
Eesti keele süntaks
Course title in English
Estonian Syntax
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The subject belongs in the intermediate level of the curricula of Estonian philology, teacher of Estonian language and literature and teacher of Estonian language in basic school. To develop general understanding of the basic structure of Estonian simple sentences, on which an in depth treatment of the following course FEE1111Estonian Syntax II, is based and to become familiar with the discussions of the same subject in professional publications.
Brief description of the course
Ways of describing syntactic structure. Historical and present day description of Estonian syntax. Sentence and their constituent parts, grammatical relationships, main types of sentences. Basic structure of a context-free elementary clause: parts of a sentence, non-part elements of sentences, deep structure of different types of phrases. Communicative and nominative modality and their formation in the sentence, communicative sentence types. Syntactic processes: ellipsis, coordination, substitution. Information structure of the sentence and word order. Secondary constructions and subordinate clauses, their classification and status in sentences. Exercises on sentence analysis, correct usage etc. Seminars on the issues of Estonian syntax.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
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Teacher
dotsent Katre Õim
Prerequisite course 1
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