ELING 529

Download as PDF

Structure of Modern English

Linguistics College of Humanities

Course Description

A thorough consideration of the syntactic structures and patterns of Modern English, with some attention given to possible applications.

When Taught

Contact Department

Min

3

Fixed/Max

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

or instructor's consent.

Title

Lexical and Structural Classes

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to identify the various characteristics, features, and behaviors of the lexical and structural classes, as well as the larger phrase, clause, and sentence types within the English language.

Title

Reference Works and Resources

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to identify some of the important reference works and resources that are available to answer questions about English grammatical structure and how they might appropriately be applied.

Title

Grammatical Knowledge

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to demonstrate how grammatical knowledge can be consciously applied in a variety of analytical and applied language tasks.