Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

Syllabus (or programme)

1. Morphological and syntactic change. Analytical trends concerning the Spanish language. Analogy. Grammaticalisation and re-analysis.

2. Historical morphology and syntax of nouns.

3. Historical morphology and syntax of adjectives.

4. Historical morphology and syntax of demonstratives.

5. Origin and formation of definite and indefinite articles.

6. Morphology and syntax of personal pronouns.

7. Morphology and syntax of possessives.

8. Evolution and uses of relatives, interrogatives and numerals.

9. Historical morphology and syntax of verbs.

10. Historical morphology and syntax of adverbs and relational elements.

11. Historical syntax evolution of Spanish (simple sentence).

12. Historical syntax evolution of Spanish (compound sentence).

13. The evolution of word order from Latin to Spanish.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.