CURSO : SYNCHRONIC GRAMMAR
TRADUCCION : GRAMATICA SINCRONICA
SIGLA : LET1333
CRÉDITOS : 10
MÓDULOS : 02
REQUISITOS : LET1332
CARÁCTER : MINIMUM
DISCIPLINA : LINGUISTICS
I. DESCRIPTION
Synchronic Grammar will develop linguistic awareness regarding concepts and principles of syntactic theory
to develop linguistic skills regarding a functional management of grammatical categories. The course will
introduce a functional approach to provide the understanding of the relation of form to function at an
introductory level. The course will consider actual production in real corpora and will be set within the
framework of both prescriptive and descriptive syntactic theories.
II. OBJECTIVES
General:
1. To learn and acquire a functional management of the morpho-syntactic elements and sequences of the
sentence.
2. To provide a basic terminology to make functional relationships explicit.
3. To acquire linguistic awareness of real production in English under a morpho-syntactic approach.
4. To work under a functional grammar approach.
Specific:
1. To identify the grammatical categories as components of sequences at higher ranks with different
functions.
2. To learn and discuss a functional approach to understand the relation of form to function.
3. To deal with syntactic categories and their functional perspectives.
4. To be able to provide morpho-syntactic analysis.
5. To apply the fundamentals of English grammar to actual production of the language in real corpora
under prescriptive and descriptive views.
6. To verify actual usage in real corpora.
III. CONTENTS
1. Morpho-syntax.
1.1 The phrase: nominal, verbal, adjectival, adverbial, and prepositional.
1.2 The sentence.
1.2.1 The simple sentence (clause simplex).
1.2.2 The complex sentence (clause complex): adjective, noun, and adverb clauses.
1.3 Morphology: an overview.
1.3.1 Inflection.
1.3.2 Derivation.
1.3.3 Compounding.
2. Morpho-syntactic relationships.
2.1 Grammatical categories.
2.2 Structural and functional labels.
2.3 Coordination, subordination, embedding, apposition.
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3. Functional grammar: an introduction.
3.1 Key concepts.
3.2 Language and meaning.
3.3 Linguistic forms and syntactic functions.
3.4 Negation and expansion.
4. Introduction to clause structure.
4.1 Syntactic elements and structures of the clause.
4.2 Subject and predicator.
4.3 Direct, indirect and prepositional objects.
4.4 Subject and object complements.
4.5 Adjuncts.
5. Any other related content to meet students' needs.
IV. METHODOLOGY
- Lectures.
- Task-centered activities.
- Group assignments.
V. EVALUATION
- Workshops.
- Quizzes.
- Tests.
- Research Project.
VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compulsory:
Biber. D., et al. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow,
Pearson Education Limited, 1999.
Booij, G. The Grammar of Words. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Downing, A. & P. Locke English Grammar: A University Course. 2? Ed. London, Routledge,
2006.
Huddleston, R. & G. Pullum The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Quirk, R., et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of The English Language. London,
Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Complementary:
Beard, R. Derivation. Spencer, Andrew & Arnold M. Zwicky (eds.). The
Handbook of Morphology. Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
Carter, R. & M. McCarthy Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide -
Spoken and Written English - Grammar and Usage. Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Crystal, D. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language. London,
Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Fabb, N. Compounding. Spencer, Andrew & Arnold M. Zwicky (eds.). The
Handbook of Morphology. Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
Greenbaum, S. The Oxford English Grammar. Oxford, Oxford University Press,
1996.
Halliday, M. A. K. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. New York, Oxford
University Press, 2004.
Hudson, R. Language Networks: The New Word Grammar. Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Kroeger, P. Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Leech, G., et al. English Grammar for Today: A new introduction. London,
Macmillan, 1993.
Miller, J. An Introduction to English Syntax. Edinburgh, Edinburgh
University Press, 2002.
Radford, A. English Syntax: An Introduction. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2004.
Stump, G. Inflection. Spencer, Andrew & Arnold M. Zwicky (eds.). The
Handbook of Morphology. Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
Teschner, R. & E. Evans Analyzing the Grammar of English. Washington D.C., Georgetown
University Press, 2007.
Thompson, G. Introducing Functional Grammar. London, Arnold, 2004.
Van Valin, R. An Introduction to Syntax. Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 2004.
Wardhaugh, R. Understanding English Grammar. A Linguistic Approach. Oxford,
Blackwell, 2003.
Williams, J. The Teacher's Grammar Book. New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 2005.
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