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Undergraduate Course: English grammar: a cognitive account (LASC10045)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryClasses will provide an account of major topics in the grammar of English from a cognitive linguistics perspective. Precise topics may vary from year to year, but are likely to be drawn from the following list:

English auxiliaries; transitive and ditransitive clauses; middles; prepositions; phrasal verbs; the structure of English nominals; relative clauses; finiteness; raising and control; information packaging (including clefting); existential constructions.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English (LASC08017)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The course will be assessed as follows:

Two 1,000 word assignments (each 25%) and one 2,500 word essay (50%).
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have acquired the following:

(a) 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 Linguistics, particularly Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Teaching Contact Time: 9 weeks out of 11 at 3 hours/week = 27 hours
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Graeme Trousdale
Tel: (0131 6)50 3599
Email: Graeme.Trousdale@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Francesca Kerr-Dineen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3961
Email: f.kerr-dineen@ed.ac.uk
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