Syntax B

Syllabus

Syntax B – Spring Semester 2015

Syllabus

 

 

Month

Greenbaum & Quirk, Chalker

Gethin

February

Ch. 13 - Coordination

Ch. 10 B – The -ing form as gerund

Ch. 13 – cont.

Ch. 10 C – Verbs taking a full infinitive or –ing (gerund) according to meaning

March

 

Ch. 13 – cont.

Ch. 3 A – Relation between result and cause

Ch. 10 D – Verbs taking the infinitive or –ing (participle) according to meaning

Ch. 16 – Complementation of verbs and adjectives

Ch. 3 B – Result expressed with too or enough

Ch. 16 – cont.

Ch. 4 A – Purpose, standard constructions

Ch. 16 – cont.

Ch. 4 B – Purpose, shortened constructions

Ch. 6 – Cause, purpose, concession (alternative)

Ch. 16 – cont.

Translation (non-finite verb forms)

Ch. 5 – Concession

 

April

Ch. 14 – The complex sentence

Ch. 7 - Time

Translation analysis

Mid-term test: Chapters 13,16

Mid-term test: Chapters 10, 3-6

Test analysis

Ch. 14 – cont.

Test analysis

Ch. 8 A – Relatives, introduction

Ch. 15 – Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses

Ch. 8 B – Sentence building with relatives

May

Ch. 15 – cont.

Ch. 8 C – Relatives, shortened constructions

Ch. 15 – cont.

Ch. 9 – Similarity and comparison

Revision of Chapters 14,15

Revision of Chapters 7, 8 A-C, 9