175-021 Grammar of English | |
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Note | Formerly available as 175-236/336. Students who have completed 175-236 or 175-336 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Gillian Wigglesworth |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in weeks one, nine and twelve |
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. |
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