Asignatura: Gramtica Inglesa II Ao Acadmico: 2001-2002 Cdigo: 3130401 Titulacin: Licenciatura de Filologa Inglesa Carcter: Troncal Ciclo: 2 Curso

y Grupo: 4, grupo nico. Crditos Tericos y Prcticos: 4t/2p Descriptor: Descripcin detallada y cientfica de la lengua inglesa: Sintaxis. Departamento: Filologa Inglesa y Alemana. rea de Conocimiento: Filologa Inglesa Profesor: Dra. D Judith A. Carini Martnez

1. Description, objectives and methodology The aim of this course is to give the student a systematic description of contemporary English at the syntactic level both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Theory will be supplemented by practice consisting in the syntactic analysis of isolated sentences and short stretches of language. The points of the syllabus as shown below will be in their most part seen throughout " Gramtica Inglesa II" although some will have to be covered in "Prcticas de Gramtica Inglesa II". The material to be used will consist of the following: a) Class notes. b) Handouts. c) Basic handbook: Greenbaum, S. & R. Quirk (1990). A Student's Grammar of the English Language . Harlow: Longman. d) Obligatory readings on particular topics will be given out in class. 2. Syllabus 1. Introduction to the study of Syntax. 2. The basic structure of the simple sentence. 2.1. Introduction: utterance vs. sentence vs. clause. 2.2. Elements of the clause structure: S P O C A. 2.3. Constituent structure and syntactic behaviour of the elements. 2.4. Clause types. Introduction to optional and obligatory elements. 2.5. Syntactic classification of English verbs. 2.6. Syntactico-semantic relations of the elements. 3. Operations on the simple sentence. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Concept of "negation". 3.2.1. Location in the clause structure 3.2.2. Major types of negation. 3.2.3. Assertive, non-assertive and negative forms.

3.2.4. Scope and focus of negation. 3.3. Concept of "question". 3.3.1. Types of questions. 3.3.2. Polarity. 3.3.3. Question tags. 3.4. Commands and requests: their syntactic realizations. 3.5. Reduction: Block language. 3.6. Passivization. 3.6.1. The Passive transformation. 3.6.2. End-focus, end-weight and participant roles. 3.6.3. Form. 3.6.4. Constraints of the T-pass. 3.6.5. Passive gradient or scale. 4. The verb phrase and its complementation. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Types of predicates. 4.3. Intensive complementation. 4.4. Monotransitive complementation. 4.5. Complex-transitive complementation. 4.6. Ditransitive complementation. 5. The complex phrase. 5.1. Basic pattern of the complex noun phrase. 5.2. Nominal modification and related concepts. 5.3. Structures of premodification. 5.4. Structures of postmodification. Cases of adjectival postmodification. 5.5. Apposition. 6. Adverbials. 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Types of adverbials: adjuncts, subjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts. 7. Syndetic, paratactic and hypotactic connections. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Formal indicators of coordination and subordination. 7.3. Semantic implications of coordinators. 8. The Complex Sentence. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Nominal clauses: finite and non-finite realizations. 8.3. Comparative clauses. 8.4. Adverbial clauses. 9. A functional perspective of the English sentence. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. "Thematic structure" and "information structure" of the sentence: the concepts "theme"/"rheme", "topic"/"comment", "given"/"new". 9.3. Inversion, fronting, clefting, "there", postponement, extraposition.

3. Assessment There will be a final written exam, in English. Students are recommended not to make gross useof-English mistakes, as these would be penalized. The exam will consist of the following: a) Essay-like commentary on a grammatical topic. b) Brief grammatical commentaries on given sentences and phrases. c) Analysis of sentences and short stretches of language.

4. Bibliography As mentioned above, bibliographical references will be given out in class for specific readings on particular topics. For general reference and/or further reading, the following are highly recommended: Allerton, D.J. (1979). Essentials of Grammatical Theory. London: Routledge. Allerton, D.J. (1982). Valency and the English Verb. New York: Academic Press. Brown, K. & J. Miller (1980). Syntax: A linguistic introduction to sentence structure. 2nd edition 1991. London: Routledge. Burton-Roberts, N. (1988). The Analysis of English Sentences. London: Croom Helm. Givon, T. (1993). A Function-based Introduction to Grammar. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Halliday, M.A.K.(1985). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Arnold. Huddleston, R. (1984). Introduction to the Grammar of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Matthews, P.H. (1981). Syntax. Cambridge: C.U.P. Quirk, R., S. Greenbaum, G. Leech & J. Svartvik (1985). A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman. Radford, A. (1988). Transformational Grammar. Cambridge: C.U.P. =====================