Estonian Syntax
Course code
EKE6033.HT
old course code
EKE6033
Course title in Estonian
Eesti keele süntaks
Course title in English
Estonian Syntax
ECTS credits
3.0
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
To create a systematic overview of Estonian syntax. Identifying traditional parts of speech, phrases, clauses and sentence types.
Brief description of the course
The course covers the following topics: ways of describing syntactic structure. Traditional parts of speech; phrases, their types, structure and syntactic functions; clause, relationships within the clause; grammatical relations; semantic functions; sentence and its constituent parts, grammatical relationships, main types of sentences. Basic structure of a context-free elementary clause. Communicative and nominative modality in the sentence, communicative sentence types. Syntactic processes: ellipsis, coordination, subordination. Information structure of the sentenc;, word order. Secondary constructions and subordinate clauses, their classification and status in sentences.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
The student is able to use and understand the technical terminology; to determine phrase and clause structure and various sentence types; to undertake syntactic analysis at phrase and sentence level;
The student is able to use and understand the technical terminology; to determine phrase and clause structure and various sentence types; to undertake syntactic analysis at phrase and sentence level;
Teacher
dotsent Katre Õim
Prerequisite course 1
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