120051 SE Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit (2009S)

Topics in English Syntax

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 16.02.2009 14:00 to Mo 23.02.2009 09:00
Registration is open from We 25.02.2009 14:00 to We 04.03.2009 23:59
Registration is open from Fr 06.03.2009 12:30 to Tu 10.03.2009 13:00
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2009 23:59

Details

max. 18 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Dieter Kastovsky

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Tuesday
    10.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    17.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    24.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    31.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    21.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    28.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    05.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    12.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    19.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    26.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    09.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    16.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    23.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
    
    Tuesday
    30.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will deal with various aspects of sentence construction in English (= syntax). Topics will among others include
- the organisation of descriptive grammars and their theoretical background
- grammatical models and descriptive grammar
- the distinction between simple and complex sentences and the criteria on
which it is based
- the notion of "obligatory" vs. "optional" sentence constituents and
grammatical theory
- the basic structure of simple sentences
- valency and sentence structure
- subjectivalisation in English and German
- the relationship between finite and non-finite constructions (infinitives,
gerunds

Assessment and permitted materials

The assessment will be based on an oral presentation in class and a seminar paper on the same topic.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

As preparation, the study of the following literature is recommended:

Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad and Geoffrey Leech
2002 Longman student grammar of spoken and written English. London: Longman
Huddleston, Rodney
1994 Introduction to the grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Leech, Geoffrey
1992 Introducing English grammar. London: Penguin.
Quirk, Randolph; Greenbaum, Sidney
1973 1995 A university grammar of English. 30th impr. Harlow: Longman = shortened version of A grammar of contemporary English .
1992 Introducing English grammar. London: Penguin.

Association in the course directory

1081, 222, 821, 238, 722

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