Practical Grammar II 3301-M-PAPG2
The course investigates the English sentence beginning with the simple sentence and proceeding towards the Complex sentence. The topics include:
- Tense and Aspect (compositionality of meaning);
- Passive Voice (verb categories, restrictions on formation);
- Modality (modal verbs, alternative linguistic strategies of expressing modality);
- Words order (inversion, position of adverbs);
- Noun phrase: countability as a context-dependent phenomenon;
- Noun phrase: articles: +/- definite, +/- specific, +/- generic; classifying vs. identifying;
- Relative clauses (+/- defining; choice of pronoun, role in text);
- Noun clauses (patterns of verb complementation);
- Conditionality (open / hypothetical; non-causal if-clauses);
- Reported Speech (backshift as a reflex of remoteness, reporting meaning, selection of information, choice of register, reporting from various points of view).
Requirements:
- attendance and participation (two absences allowed);
- covering the prescribed reading and doing the homework;
- covering the self study component of the course: phrasal verbs, word order of adjectives, "verb patterns".
Type of course
Bibliography
Biber, D. et al. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman 1999.
Carter, R., Hughes, R. & M. McCarthy, Exploring Grammar in Context. CUP 2000.
Chalker, S. A Student's English Grammar Workbook. Longman 1992.
Collins Cobuild English Grammar. Collins 1990. (+ the Collins series of exercise books on selected areas of grammar, e.g. articles, reporting, etc.)
Downing, A. & P. Locke A University Course in English Grammar. Prentice Hall 1992.
Gethin, H. Grammar in Context. Proficiency Level English. Nelson 1992.
Gołębiowska, L. A BOOK czy THE BOOK. O przedimkach w języku angielskim. WP 1993.
Graver, B. D. Advanced English Practice. OUP 1988.
Hall, N. & J. Shephheard, The Anti-Grammar Grammar Book. Longman 1991.
Kaznowski, A. & E. Mioduszewska. Exercises in English Structural and Transformational Syntax. PWN 1983.
Leech, G. & J. Svartvik A Communicative Grammar of English. Longman.
Macpherson, R. English for Writers and Translators. PWN 1996.
Macpherson, R. Advanced Written English. PWN 2001.
Maule, D. The Naked Verb: The Meaning of the English Verb Tense. Macmillan 1991.
Quirk, R. et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman 1985.
Side, R. & G. Wellman Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency. Longman 2000.
Swan, M. Practical English Usage. Longman 1996.
Swan, M. & C. Walters How English Works. OUP 1997.
Thomson, A. J. & A. V. Martinet A Practical English Grammar. OUP 1986.
Willim, E. & E. Mańczak-Wohlfeld, A Contrastive Approach to Problems with English. PWN 1997.
Vince, M., Advanced English Practice. Heinemann 1994.
Yule, G. Explaining English Grammar, OUP 1998.
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