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 175-021 Grammar of English

Note

Formerly available as 175-236/336. Students who have completed 175-236/336 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Jean Mulder

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in either the first or the sixth week of semester

Subject Description

This subject is a detailed examination of the major elements of English grammar using principles of linguistic analysis. Students should learn to identify and describe the main morphological and syntactic constructions in English including parts of speech; basic sentence structure; tense, aspect, and mood; clause type; negation; complex sentences; thematic systems; the relations between sentences in discourse; and ellipsis and coordination.

Assessment

Three assignments totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts
  • Huddleston, English Grammar: An Outline. Cambridge University Press.
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