Descriptive Grammar of the English Language- Syntax, Semantics 0400-AS1-2GMS
Profile of study: general academic
Mode of study: full-time
Type of subject: compulsory (M_5)
Field and area of study: the arts/linguistics
Year II
Semesters: III, IV
Initial requirements:
Students should possess knowledge linguistics, which they had acquired in previous years, during practical classes of descriptive grammar of the English language and during lectures on linguistics.
The number of didactic hours: 45 (lecture).
Teaching methodologies: lecture, discussion, the analysis of linguistic examples.
Number of ECTS credits: 3
Organisation of a student's workload:
- participation in lectures: 45hrs
- self-study revision of material within the area of descriptive grammar of the English language: 20hrs
- consultations: 4hrs
- preparation for and participation in an exam: 20+2=22hrs
Total: 91hrs (corresponds to 3 ECTS credits)
Quantitative indicators:
Students' workload connected with classes which require assistance from the teacher: 49hrs (1.75 ECTS credits)
Students' workload associated with the participation in practical classes: 0hrs (0 ECTS credits).
Type of course
Mode
Requirements
(in Polish) GOJA - fonetyka i fonologia języka angielskiego
Introduction to General Linguistics
Prerequisites
(in Polish) GOJA - fonetyka i fonologia języka angielskiego
Introduction to General Linguistics
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
K_W01, K_W02, K_W03, K_W08, K_U01, K_U02, K_U04, K_K01, K_K06
Assessment criteria
Written exam after the 4th semester. Students will be allowed to take the exam only after having obtained at least 60% of the total points of the three modules of descriptive grammar of the English language: morphology, syntax, and semantics respectively.
Bibliography
Carstairs-McCarthy, A. An Introduction to English Morphology, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2002.
Chalker, S. Current English Grammar. London: Macmillan 1984.
Cruse, A. Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP 2004.
Downing, A. and P. Locke. A University Course in English Grammar. London: Prentice Hall 1992.
Huddleston, R. English Grammar- An Outline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1991.
Hurford, J. R. and B. Heasley. Semantics: A Coursebook 2nd ed. Cambridge: CUP 2007.
Löbner, S. Understanding Semantics. London: Arnold 2002.
Lyons, J. Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP 1995.
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