COURSE DESCRIPTION
Subject Name
: English Syntax
Subject Code
: BIN 305
Credit Unit
:2
Department
: English
Semester
: 5 (five)
Lecturer
Arif Suryo Priyatmojo, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Perum Mutiara Jl.Giok 2/ 23 Rt 002/ 010 Tingkir-Salatiga
Mobile 085640975213
Email: arifsuryo.unnes@gmail.com
Venue and time
Faculty of Languages and Arts/ B3-319
Thursday, 11:00 – 12:40
DESCRIPTION
This course focuses on sentence constructions and constituency including the
principles, methods, and procedures of constructing and parsing phrase, clauses
and sentences of English
OBJECTIVES
Students will acquire adequate and understanding of various approaches to
grammatical structures and be able to develop their skills in buiding up and
breaking down various construction of English
STRATEGIES
To take this course, a student should have passed the following subjects:
 Intensive Courses
 Elementary English Gramar
 Intermediate English Grammar
 Advanced English Grammar
ASSESSMENT
Students taking this course should do the following:
 Assignment (1-14) 30%
 Mid-semester test 30%
 Final seester test
40%
REFERENCES
Proposed book:
1. Leech, G. Et al. 1986. English Grammar for Today. London: Mac Millan
Education
Other references:
1. Brown, Keith and Jim Miller. 1991. Syntax. London: Routledge
2. Valin, Robert D. Van. 2001. An Introduction to Syntax. London: CUP.
SUBJECT OUTLINE
Subject
Department
Program
Semester
Credit hours
Week
Topic
Sub-topic
: English Syntax
: English
: S1
:5
:2
Teaching and Learning
Activities
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
1
Introduction
 Parts of Speech
 A test of Grammar
 An example of
Jabberwocky
2
The Hierarchy of
Grammatical
Units
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3
Grammatical
Notations
 Bracketing analysis
 Tree diagram analysis
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
4
Using
Grammatical tests
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Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
5
Form and
Function
 Form and function classes
 Element of clauses
 Element of phrases
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
6
Words: open
word classes
 Noun (N)
 Verbs (V)
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
7
Words: open
word classes
 Adjectives (Aj)
 Adverbs (Av)
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
The sentences
The clause
The phrase
The word
Expansion tests
Substitution tests
Substraction tests
Movement tests
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
References
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
8
9
Mid semester
test
Words: closed
words classes
10
Phrases
11
Verb phrases
12
Element of
clauses
13
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Determiners (d)
Pronouns (p)
Enumerators (e)
Prepositions (p)
Conjunctions (cj)
Operator-verbs (v)
Interjections (ij)
Particles
Classes of phrases
Subordinate phrases
Subordinate clauses
Noun phrases
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
Finite and Nonfinite clauses
 The function of verb
phases
 The structure of verb
phrases
 The form of Verb
 Finite and non-finite verbs
 Predicator (P) and Subject
(S)
 Object (O) and Coplement
(C)
 Adverbials
 Finite clauses
 Non-finie clauses
14
Interrogative,
imperative and
passive clauses
 The interrogrative
 The imperatives
 Active and passive clauses
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
15
Major clauses
patterns of
English
 The eight major clauses
patterns
 More about passive clauses
paterns
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
16
Final
Examination
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
Lectures
Discussion
Exercise
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education
Leech, G. Et al.
1986.
English
Grammar for Today.
London: Mac Millan
Education