? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-U02499

Two of the three lectures each week will provide a theory-neutral account, based mainly on the "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language", of nine major topics in the grammar of English. The third lecture will explain how Cognitive Grammar would account for the patterns observed. The topics to be considered are:

(Pseudo-)cleft and existential 'there' constructions; (non-)finiteness; clause complementation; prepositions and particles; the syntax of middles; auxiliaries; relative clauses; nouns and nominals.

? Pre-requisites : English Language 2 (EN0003) or Linguistics 2 (U00577)

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 21/09/2005 12:10 13:00 Room 7.01, David Hume Tower Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 12:10 13:00 Central Lecture Wednesday 12:10 13:00 Central Lecture Thursday 12:10 13:00 Central

(a) greater understanding of how Modern English grammar works
(b) preparation for more advanced work involving syntactic theories
(c) basic grounding in aspects of Cognitive Grammar

The course will be assessed by essays, projects and/or other assignments as determined by the Course Organiser.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Annabel Lee Williams
Tel : (0131 6)50 3961
Email : awillia7@ling.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Graeme Trousdale
Tel : (0131 6)50 3599
Email : Graeme.Trousdale@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/