Download The structure of English: The noun phrase and the verb phrase

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The structure of English:
The noun phrase and the verb phrase
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Tuesday 14:00-15:50
Main Building II.
THE OUTLINE OF THE COURSE
This lecture introduces you to the descriptive grammar of the English verb phrase (or VP) and the English
noun phrase (or NP). We discuss what grammatical features are encoded on the English verb and the noun,
and how these features determine the construction of the VP and the NP. We also study some of the variation
that is observable within the internal structure of the English verb phrase and the noun phrase.
WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE EXAM
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What you primarily need are the VP reader and the NP readers. They are available in the library:
Verb Phrase – The Reader “Vizsgaanyag“. pp 99-148 & 175-237. Available in the library.
Noun Phrase – The Reader “Vizsgaanyag”. pp. 245-392. Available in the library.
Compiled from Quirk et al. 1985. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
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You can also consult the lecture material, which is available for download on my webpage. Please note
that these ppt presentations are not meant to be textbook chapters, and they mostly only contain the
examples we discuss in the class with the full-time students, and some brief commentary on them.
Therefore you do not need to study these presentations for the exam, but feel free to take a look at them
if you want to see what we do in the lecture. You are also welcome to attend the lecture if you have the
time, but this is again not compulsory since for you, this is a distance learning course.
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You find the schedule of the lecture talks on the next page. Take this as an orientation for what we
generally talk about at the lecture, but concentrate on the readers, which are the only compulsory
material that you need for the exam.
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The exam contains 4 questions on the grammar of the English VP and the NP, and you need to write
down the answers to these questions.
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions and inquiries in email or in any of my office hours.
SCHEDULE
WEEKS
DATES
TOPICS
week 1
20/09
INTRODUCTION: VERBS, NOUNS AND THEIR PHRASES
week 2
27/09
ON THE EXPRESSION OF TIME IN THE ENGLISH VERB PHRASE
week 3
04/10
OUR PERSPECTIVES ON EVENTS OF THE WORLD
week 4
11/10
THE MOOD THE VERBS ARE IN
week 5
18/10
HELPING VERBS OF THE CLAUSE
week 6
25/10
ALTERNATIONS AFFECTING THE VERB PHRASE
01/11
NO CLASS (CONSULTATION WEEK)
week 7
08/11
THE GRAMMAR OF CROSSOVERS: INFINITIVES, GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES
week 8
15/11
NUMBER, GENDER AND CASE IN GRAMMAR, AND AGREEMENT PHENOMENA
week 9
22/11
DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE NOUN PHRASES
week 10
29/11
MEASURING EXPRESSIONS IN THE NOUN PHRASE
week 11
06/12
MODIFICATION IN THE NOUN PHRASE
week 12
13/12
PRONOUNS
week 13
20/12
ROUNDUP AND PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM