English grammar: a cognitive account (P01202)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-EGCA-EL

Classes will provide an account of major topics in the grammar of English from a cognitive linguistics perspective. The topics addressed may vary from year to year, but are likely to include many of the following:

(Pseudo-)cleft and existential 'there' constructions; (non-)finiteness; clause complementation; prepositions and particles; the syntax of middles; auxiliaries; relative clauses; nouns and nominals.

Shared with UG course U02499 English Grammar: A Cognitive Account

Venue: 1.17 Dugald Stewart Building

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2008	09:00	10:00			1.17 Dugald Stewart Building

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	09:50	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	09:00	09:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	09:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

(a) greater understanding of how Modern English grammar works
(b) preparation for more advanced work involving syntactic theories
(c) basic grounding in aspects of Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar

Assessment Information

Students will be assessed by means of one extended piece of written work of c.4000 words.

Additional exercises will be provided, but will not count towards the overall mark for the course