LINGUIST 203

Applied English Grammar

Description

Covers the different types of sentences in English, with special attention to the relationship between grammar and meaning, tense, aspect and voice; their roles in texts, such as foregrounding, backgrounding and highlighting information, and introducing new information. Students will be shown how to distinguish standard and non-standard varieties of written English, and how to judge if written sentences are effective, appropriate and grammatical.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2025

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Keith Montgomery

Reading/Texts

Berry, Roger. English Grammar : A Resource Book For Students, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2018)

Points

LINGUIST 203: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points at Stage I