Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will focus on the upper part of the grammatical rank scale. At the level of the clause, it will discuss event schemas, and explore how thematic roles (e.g. agent) are mapped onto grammatical roles (e.g. subject). At the level of the (complex) sentence, it will discuss patterns of clefting, clause-combining and complementation. At the level of discourse, finally, it will address two topics within text linguistics, namely reference and conversation structure.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
While the course of English Linguistics 1 discusses grammatical categories associated with the noun phrase and verb phrase, English Linguistics 2 will enhance the students' insight into the linguistic units that are higher on the grammatical rank scale, i.e. the clause, the sentence, and discourse. Each unit comes with its own analytical parameters, and students will have to be able to apply these to authentic language data. In addition, the chapter on reference and retrieval types (text linguistics) will make them more conscious of how they can organize their own texts (i.e. it will indirectly benefit their writing skills).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Very good knowledge of English; English Language 1 & 2; English linguistics 1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
(i) collective sessions; (ii) optional take-home assignments (to practise the theory discussed in class); model solutions will be provided
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings
A syllabus will be available at the beginning of the second semester.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam: 4-hour open book exam, in which students will have to analyse authentic language data
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teacher in charge of the course :
An VAN LINDEN
Département de Langues et littératures modernes
Place Cockerill, 3-5
B-4000 Liège
Tel. 04 366 53 60
E-mail: an.vanlinden@ulg.ac.be