IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) ENGLISH LANGUAGE VI Code 12274116
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Fourth 2Q
Language
Anglès
Department English and German Studies
Coordinator
RIERA TOLÓ, MARIA
 E-mail maria.riera@urv.cat
Lecturers
RIERA TOLÓ, MARIA
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General description and relevant information <p>The main aim of the course is to discuss and analyze in depth the complexities of the English verb phrase from a theoretical and practical perspective. Students will become acquainted with the type of argumentation used in linguistic analysis. </p><div><br /></div>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A5 Dominar la llengua anglesa des d’un punt de vista teòric i pràctic i expressar-s’hi oralment i per escrit de manera fluida i precisa.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A5 Elabora un discurs oral i/o escrit concís i coherent a fi de comunicar els resultats del treball realitzat a un nivell avançat.
Domina la gramàtica i el vocabulari de la llengua anglesa a un nivell superior.
Mostra un maneig de la llengua anglesa (de forma oral i/o escrita) en contextos diversos a un nivell superior.
Desenvolupa la capacitat de comprensió oral i/o escrita per a satisfer les necessitats d’ús de la llengua anglesa a un nivell superior.
Desenvolupa la capacitat de comprensió oral i/o escrita per a satisfer les necessitats que vagin més enllà de l’ús purament instrumental de la llengua anglesa a un nivell superior.
Obté consciència dels principals aspectes contrastius entre l’anglès i l’espanyol/català.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. Basic concepts
II. The verbal group 2. Major verb classes
2.1. Lexical verbs
2.1.1. Regular verbs
2.1.2. Irregular verbs
2.2. Auxiliary vs lexical verbs
2.2.1. Operators (properties)
2.3. Auxiliary verbs
2.3.1. Primary verbs
2.3.2. Modal auxiliaries

3. Tense, aspect, voice & mood
3.1. Tense
3.1.1. Time vs tense
3.1.2. Future time
3.1.3. Stative vs dynamic verbs
3.1.4. Meanings & uses
3.2. Aspect
3.2.1. Perfective
3.2.2. Progressive
3.2.3. Perfective progressive
3.3. Voice
3.3.1. Active and passive
3.3.2. Voice constraints
3.3.3. The passive gradient
3.4. Mood and modality
3.4.1. The subjunctive mood
3.4.2. Intrinsic vs extrinsic modality
3.4.3. Meanings expressed by modals
III. Representation 4. Phrase structure
4.1. Constituency
4.2. Syntactic representation / X-bar syntax
IV. The verb as Head of VPs 5. The English verb phrase

6. Main verbs: copulas vs predicates
6.1. Argument structure
6.1.1. Types of predicates
6.1.2. Semantic roles
6.2. Subcategorization (or categorial selection)
6.3. Arguments versus non-arguments
V. The English Verb Phrase 7. Copular verbs

8. Intransitive verbs
8.1. Unergative verbs
8.2. Unaccusative verbs

9. Intransitive/transitive verbs
9.1. Inchoative/causative alternation (ergative verbs)
9.2. Middle construction
9.3. Alternations affecting meaning
9.4. Other alternations

10. Transitive verbs
10.1. Monotransitive verbs
10.1.1. Subject-instrument alternation
10.1.2. Conative alternation
10.1.3. Unexpressed-object alternation
10.1.4. Possessor alternations
10.1.5. Other oblique-subject alternations
10.2. Ditransitive verbs
10.2.1. Locative alternation
10.2.2. Dative alternation
10.2.3. Benefactive alternation
10.3. Complex-transitive verbs
10.3.1. As alternation
VI. Prepositions and Prepositional phrases 11.1 The word class of prepositions
11.2. Structure of PPs
11.2.1. Complements
11.2.2. Modification
11.3. Prepositional complements in clause structure
11.3.1. Goal, source and location
11.3.2. Complements of prepositional verbs
11.3.3. Particles
11.3.4. Verbal idioms
11.4. Prepositional idioms and fossilisation
VII. Negation and related phenomena 12.1. Negative and positive clauses
12.2. Subclausal negation
12.3. Clausal negation
12.4. Non-affirmative items
12.5. Scope of negation

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 0 2
Lecture
A5
 26 32 58
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A5
 26 37 63
Personal attention
1 2 3
 
Mixed tests
A5
 4 20 24
 
(*) 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.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities – 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 and readings.
Lecture – Power-point supported sessions
– Explanation of main concepts
– Exemplification
– Questions and answers
– Discussion of complex issues
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom - Grammar exercises
- Language exercises
- Explanation, practice, and discussion of complex exercises
Personal attention - Solving questions on course topics

Personalized attention
Description

To solve doubts concerning course contents, exercises or evaluation – Check on general student progress.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Mixed tests
A5
 - 2 Mid-term exams
- End-of-term exam 		50% (25%+25%)
50%
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.

No tests/exams will be taken outside scheduled dates and times.

Convocatòria 1 (Avaluació contínua): 3 marks (two mid-term exams, end-of-term exam) and a minimum of 50% in the three exams are required for the computation of the final grade.

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


Sources of information

Basic

Aarts, B. 2001. English Syntax and Argumentation. New York: Palgrave.

Baker, C. 1995. English Syntax. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Chalker, S. 1992. A Student’s English Grammar. Workbook. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman.

Close, R. 1974. A University Grammar of English Workbook. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman.

van Gelderen, E. 2010. An Introduction to the Grammar of English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Greenbaum, S. and R. Quirk 1990. A Student’s Grammar of the English Language. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman.

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

Huddleston, R. & G. Pullum. 2005. A Student's Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. 1987. A University Grammar of English. Essex: Longman.

Complementary

Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.