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LING-B410

Syntaxe formelle

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Philippe KREUTZ (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

The courses presents the various formal grammars (regular, context-free and context-sensitive). Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) is more closely examined and applied not only to formal languages but also to french and english data: passive, long distance depencies, clitics... Some non-configurational languages are also considered.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

This course aims at introducing to unification grammars by comparing such formalisms to the transformational approach to syntax.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course relies heavily on application exercices relying on conceptual and technical abilities.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Abeillé, A. (1993), "Les nouvelles syntaxes. Grammaires d'unification et analyse du français", paris, Armand Colin.

Other information

Contacts

E-mail : pkreutz@ulb.ac.be Permanence : mercredi de 14h à 17h, local Ay.2.103 Tél. 02/650.45.08

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

written exam assessing conceptual and heuristic knowlege

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