The student will be able to: - Know and understand the linguistic (phonological, morphological and syntactic) system of Spanish language. - Analyze and explain the main grammatical features and problems of Spanish language. - Improve the knowledge and skill of standard Spanish language.

The subject is divided into four parts, which correspond to the main fields of linguistics: phonetics and phonology, variation, morphology and syntax. 1. Linguistic norms and variation 1.1. Diatopic and social variation 2. Phonetics and Phonology 2.1. Sounds and phonemes in Spanish 2.2. Phonetic norm of Spanish 3. Morphology 3.1. Inflexional and derivational morphology 3.2. Word´s formation processes. 4. Lexical and phrasal categories 4.1. Categories and functions. Phrasal structures. 4.2. Noun phrases: nouns, adjectives and determiners 4.3. Verb phrases 5. Sentence structure 5.1. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships 5.2. Simple, compound and complex sentences.

The course will consist of Master Classes in which the main theoretical topic of the subject will be presented, and Tutorial Classes where learning activities such as the following will be conducted: - Comments on the course Reading and related activities. - Group work on different theoretical aspects of the course and the presentation of the result. - Exercises to be solved individually. Moreover, students will be expected to conduct the following autonomous activities: to complete the reading assignments indicated in Master Classes, to participate in the preparation of the group work to be presented in Tutorial Classes, and to individually prepare the exercises prior to each tutorial session.