IDENTIFYING DATA 2013_14
Subject (*) GRAMÀTICA ANGLESA AVANÇADA Code 12274207
Study programme
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Cycle 1r
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period Exam timetables and dates
6 Optativa Primer
Modality and teaching language See working groups
Department Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Coordinator
OLTRA MASSUET, MARIA ISABEL
 E-mail isabel.oltra@urv.cat
Lecturers
OLTRA MASSUET, MARIA ISABEL
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General description and relevant information This course is intended to offer a deep insight into some complex aspects of the grammar of English from a theoretical and empirical point of view.

Competències
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A8 Conèixer la gramàtica de la llengua anglesa en profunditat i ser capaç d'analitzar-la lingüísticament.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B6 Comunicar informació, idees, problemes i solucions de manera clara i efectiva en públic o en àmbits tècnics concrets.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Resultats d'aprenentage
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A8 Ofereix una visió en profunditat de les complexitats estructurals i funcionals de la gramàtica anglesa des d'un punt de vista teòric i pràctic
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B6 Sap respondre a les preguntes que se li formulen
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Continguts
Topic Sub-topic
I. Tense and time - absolute and relative tenses
- reference time, speech time, event time
- temporal deixis
II. Aspect and aspectuality - generic and specific predications
- stative and dynamic predicates
- durativity
- telicity
- ingressive, continuative, egressive aspect
- grammatical expression of aspect
III. Mood and modality - epistemic modality
- deontic modality
- necessity and possibility
- degrees of modality
IV. Negation - morphological negation
- syntactic negation
- scope and focus of negation
- verbal and non-verbal negation
- polarity-sensitive items
V. The morphosyntax of compounds - morphological compound versus syntactic construction
- internal structure of compounds
- neoclassical compounds
VI. Clause type and illocutionary force - semantics and pragmatics
- illocutionary force
- indirect speech acts
- syntax and semantics of questions
- syntax and semantics of exclamatives

Planificació
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Activitats Introductòries
2 0 2
Sessió Magistral
A8
 20 22 42
Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària
A8
B6
 10 10 20
Seminaris
A8
B6
 22 20 42
Treballs
A8
B6
 1 16 17
Presentacions / exposicions
A8
B6
 1 14 15
Atenció personalitzada
B6
 2 2 4
 
Proves mixtes
A8
B6
 2 6 8
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Metodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Activitats Introductòries – Explanation of course structure
– Explanation of course syllabus
– Presentation of course schedule
– Description of the type of class: theory and practice
– List and explanation of course objectives and methodologies
– Explanation of course assessment
– List of teaching materials
– Relation of course to the rest of the degree program
– Instructions to carry out exercises, presentations and paper
– Distribution of topics for presentations
Sessió Magistral – Power-point supported sessions
– Explanation of main concepts
– Exemplification
- Questions and answers
Resolució de problemes, exercicis a l'aula ordinària - Grammar exercises
- Explanation and discussion of complex exercises
Seminaris - Students' presentations and discussion of course topics
Treballs - Writing of a paper related to course topics (under instructor's approval and supervision)
Presentacions / exposicions - Power-point supported students' presentations of course topics
Atenció personalitzada - Supervision of papers and presentations
- Questions on course topics

Atenció personalitzada
Description
Solve doubts concerning course contents, exercises, paper, presentations, tests, or evaluation – Monitor student's projects (paper and presentations) – Check on general student progress

Avaluació
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Treballs
A8
B6
 Term paper on a course topic (under instructor's approval) 30%
Presentacions / exposicions
A8
B6
 Power-point supported presentations of course contents as distributed on first day of classes 30%
Proves mixtes
A8
B6
 End-of-term exam 40%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Students are expected to read assigned material and prepare reading material and exercises at home prior to class time, in order to be able to participate in class.

Instructions for the paper and presentation (topics, deadline, schedule, etc) will be given on the first day of classes.

No late paper will be accepted.

No tests will be taken outside scheduled dates and times.

Convocatòria 1: 8 marks (6 tests, oral presentations, term paper) and a minimum of 50% in the tests' global mark are required for the computation of the final grade

Convocatòria 2: there will be a final exam worth 100%.


Fonts d'informació

Bàsica

Aarts, B. & A. McMahon. 2006. The Handbook of English Linguistics. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell.

Horn L. R. & G. Ward (eds.) . 2006. The Handbook of Pragmatics. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell.

Huddleston, R. & G. Pullum 2002. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.

Kearns, K. 2011. Semantics. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kreidler, C.W. 1998. Introducing English Semantics. London & New York: Routledge.

Palmer, F. R. 1979. Modality and the English Modals. New York: Longman.

Spencer, A. and A. Zwicky (eds.). 1998. The Handbook of Morphology. Oxford: Blackwell.

Štekauer P. & R. Lieber (eds.). 2005. Handbook of Word-Formation. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

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