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The document outlines the course ENG435, focusing on contemporary methods in language study, particularly English. It covers traditional grammar, systemic-functional linguistics, and structural grammar, including their origins, key concepts, and criticisms. Recommended texts for further reading are also provided.

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The document outlines the course ENG435, focusing on contemporary methods in language study, particularly English. It covers traditional grammar, systemic-functional linguistics, and structural grammar, including their origins, key concepts, and criticisms. Recommended texts for further reading are also provided.

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ABRIDGED COURSE OUTLINE FOR ENG435

CONTEMPORARY METHODS IN LANGUAGE STUDY WITH SPECIAL


REFERENCE TO ENGLISH
I TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR (see attached material + photocopy with Victor)
 Origins of Traditional Grammar – Graeco-Roman antiquity
 Approaches to Grammar
 Prescriptivism
 Descriptivism
 Criticisms against Traditional Grammar
 Some Prescriptive/Proscriptive Rules
II SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS (see https://www.alvinleong.info/sfg/)
Basic Concepts in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)
 Emergence (History)
 The Metafunctions
 Ideational/Experiential – clause as representation
 Interpersonal – clause as exchange
 Textual – clause as message
 Clause
 Mood
 Transitivity
 Material Process
 Mental Process
 Verbal Process
 Existential Process
 Relational Process
 Behavioural Process
III STRUCTURAL GRAMMAR (see ENG332 material)
 Principles of Structural Grammar
 Positional Classification of Words
 Inflectional Classification of Words
 Limitations of Structural Grammar
Recommended Texts
For SFL, see https://www.alvinleong.info/sfg/ Focus on the sections on History, the
Metafunctions, Clause, Mood & Transitivity
Berry, M. (1975). An introduction to systemic linguistics: structures and systems. London:
Batscord.
Halliday, M.A.K. & Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. (2014) Halliday’s introduction to functional
grammar. 4th ed. Oxon: Routledge.
Herndon, J. (1970). A survey of modern grammars. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
Riley, K.L. & Parker, F. (1998). English grammar: prescriptive, descriptive, generative,
performance. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Thompson, G. (1996). Introducing functional grammar. London & New York: Arnold.

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