English Syntax

Overview

Lecturer

Gabriel Dan Bărbuleț

Seminar tutor

Andra Ursa

Type of course

Compulsory

Language of instruction

English

Erasmus language

English

Domain

Language and literature

Field of study

Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature

Form of education

Full-time

Form of instruction

Lecture

Credit awarded by

Grade

Teaching methods

Lecture Problematization and discovery learning Conversation

Entry requirements

The students need to be familiar with the basic concepts of English grammar

Aims

to familiarize students with the major syntactic structures of English and their relevance to linguistic theory

to train students in the rudiments of syntactic analysis and syntactic theorizing and argumentation

to familiarize students with the basic goals and assumptions of English grammar

Course contents

TYPES OF SENTENCES Functional and structural classification THE SIMPLE SENTENCE - the subject and the predicate - means of expressing subject and predicate; - agreement - complementation THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES - Direct object clauses and the Sequence of Tenses - Main Clause – Present - Main Clause - Past REPORTED SPEECH WORD ORDER COMPLEX SENTENCES RELATIVE CLAUSES CLAUSES OF PLACE, TIME AND MANNER . NOMINAL CLAUSES IF CLAUSES CLAUSES OF PURPOSE CLAUSES OF RESULT CLAUSES OF CONCESSION CLAUSES OF CONTRAST CLAUSES OF REASON AND COMPARISON

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, the students will be better able to describe the English grammatical system and properly use it to produce and translate texts.

Assessment

Grades will be decided on the basis of the following procedure. First consideration will be the quality and punctual submission of weekly assignments (20%), the final exam (75%), and class participation (5%).

Overview

Aims

Course contents

Learning outcomes

Assessment

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