{"id":18908,"date":"2010-06-21T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=18908"},"modified":"2021-03-02T09:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T08:40:15","slug":"english-syntax-2-the-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=18908&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"English Syntax 2: The Sentence (arch.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: <\/strong>English Syntax 2: The Sentence
\nCourse coordinator<\/strong>: Irena Zovko Dinkovi\u0107, PhD,\u00a0associate professor
\nInstructors: <\/strong>Irena Zovko Dinkovi\u0107, PhD,\u00a0associate professor
\nStatus: <\/strong>mandatory
\nECTS credits: <\/strong>6
\nSemester: <\/strong>4th (summer)
\nEnrollment requirements:<\/strong> passed exam in Syntax 1: Word Classes
\nObjectives: to <\/strong>introduce the students to the more complex aspects of sentence structure, for example, the argument structure of the predicate, complex and compound sentences, etc. as well as the semantic relationships among different parts of the sentence. Students also analyze different linguistic phenomena such as transitivity, aspect, ellipsis, etc., and compare them to the Croatian language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Week by week schedule:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\nGeneral information about the course. REVIEW OF MAJOR ISSUES FROM SYNTAX I COURSE.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\nDependency relations: heads and modifiers. Syntactic and semantic arguments of verbs. Exercises. (Miller, ch. 1 & 10; Burton-Roberts, 38-45; Van Valin, pp. 87-92)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\nPosition of arguments. Grammatical relations and meaning. Exercises. (Miller, ch. 11; Van Valin, pp. 22-26)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\nREVIEW<\/strong>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/td>\nBehavioral properties of grammatical relations: subjects. Exercises. (Burton-Roberts, pp. 30-35; Miller, pp. 88-93; Van Valin, pp. 41-43)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\nBehavioral properties of grammatical relations: direct and indirect objects. Other systems of grammatical relations. Exercises. (Van Valin, pp. 35-37, 59-62, 67-69, 70-78; Miller, pp. 93-99)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/td>\nTransitivity. Verb alternations. Exercises. (Miller, pp. 51-53; Burton-Roberts, pp. 81-91; Van Valin, 60-64)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/td>\nTense and aspect. Exercises. (Miller, pp. 143-151).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/span><\/td>\nVP in subordinate clauses. Exercises. (Longman). REVIEW<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/td>\nMood and voice: active and passive. Exercises. (Miller, pp. 136-142, 151-154; Longman)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/span><\/td>\nSentence types: questions and negation. Pro-forms and ellipsis. Exercises. (Burton-Roberts, pp. 141-145, 219-220; Miller, pp. 17; Longman)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/td>\nTheme and rheme. Focus and topic. (Longman). REVIEW<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/span><\/td>\nComplex sentences. Relative clauses. Exercises. (Burton-Roberts, pp. 228-236; Miller, pp. 64-65; Van Valin, pp. 46-49).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/span><\/td>\nRaising constructions and coordinate constructions. Exercises. (Burton-Roberts, pp. 66-71; Van Valin, pp. 49-56; Miller, pp. 18)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/td>\nFINAL REVIEW. PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Course description:<\/strong>
\nAfter each unit, the students solve a number of tasks in class, which they check with the instructor. They are also expected to read at home the relevant parts of obligatory reading and then solve the exercises and assignments that they are given as homework.<\/span><\/p>\n

Course requirements:<\/strong>
\nStudents should attend the classes regularly and actively participate in class. During the semester, there are two to three reviews. The last week of the course is dedicated to preparing \u00a0students for the exam. The exam is written.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obligatory reading (selected chapters and pages):<\/strong>
\n– Greenbaum, Sidney, Randolph Quirk, Geoffrey Leech & Jan Svartvik (1990). A Student\u2019s Grammar of the English Language, Harlow: Longman.
\n– Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad, Geoffrey Leech (2002). Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Harlow: Longman.
\n– Van Valin, Robert D. Jr. (2001). An Introduction to Syntax, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
\n\u00a0
\nSuggested reading:<\/strong>
\n<\/span>– Burton-Roberts, Noel (1997). Analysing Sentences: Introduction to English Syntax, Harlow: Longman.
\n– Miller, Jim (2001). An Introduction to English Syntax, Edinburgh:
\nEdinburgh University Press.
\n– Huddleston, Rodney & Geoffrey Pullum (2005). A Student\u2019s Introduction to English Grammar, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/span><\/p>\n

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