This learning unit is not being organized during year 2024-2025.
Language
English
Prerequisites
Students have successfully completed a course in basic English grammar (LENG1123 or equivalent).
Main themes
The course unit introduces students to English syntax and stylistics.
- Syntax: grammatical categories; syntactic and semantic functions; phrases; simple, compound and complex sentences
- Stylistics: analysis of the lexical and syntactic characteristics of different varieties of English (e.g. spoken English; academic writing; language of newspapers)
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | Master the terminology of English syntax and stylistics |
| 2 | Identify, explain and illustrate concepts and phenomena related to English syntax and stylistics |
| 3 | Analyse a sentence syntactically and associate it with a tree representation |
| 4 | Carry out a stylistic analysis of a short text |
| This course unit contributes to the development and command of the following skills and learning outcomes of the ELAL programmes: 1.4; 1.6; 2.6; 3.5; 3.6; 5.6; 6.2; 6.4; 6.6 | |
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