Academic Year/course:
2017/18
416 - Degree in English
27825 - English Grammar II
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
27825 - English Grammar II
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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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
(27825) English Grammar II
1. Coordination. Classification of coordination and types of coordinators. Coordinators: uses and semantic implications.
2. The complex sentence I: Subordination vs coordination. Finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses. Indicators of subordination.
3. The complex sentence II: Functional classes of subordinate clauses: Nominal clauses. Relative clauses. Adverbial clauses. Comparative clauses.
4. The grammar of discourse. Information structure of the clause: Theme and Focus. Given and New information. Focus assignment devices.
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.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
| BB |
Greenbaum, Sidney. A student's grammar of the English language / Sidney Greenbaum, Randolph Quirk . Harlow : Longman, 1990 |
| BB |
Huddleston, Rodney. A student's introduction to English grammar / Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum . [1st. publ., repr. with corrections] Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 |
| BC |
A student's English grammar workbook / Sylvia Chalker . 1st ed, 8th impr. Harlow : Longman, 2000 |
| BC |
Biber, Douglas. Student grammar of spoken and written english / Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Geoggrey Leech. 1st ed., 4th impr. Harlow : Longman, 2005 |
| BC |
Carter, Ronald. Cambridge Grammar of English : a comprehensive guide : spoken and written English, grammar and usage / Ronald Carter, Michael McCarthy . 1st ed., 5th prnt. Cambridge ; Madrid : Cambridge University Press, 2010 |