131 Ling - Course Contents

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Ling 131 - Course Contents


The course consists of 13 topics (subdivided into sessions), which roughly represent three genres: Poetry, Prose fiction and Drama. We have a Week by week schedule guide for Lancaster students (who do the course in one 10-week term). We have also provided some printer friendly notes.
Topics 1- 5 cover mainly poetry
1: Levels of language. Linguistic choice, style and meaning	Session A	Session B
2: Being creative with words and phrases	Session A	Session B
3: Patterns, deviations, style and meaning	Session A	Session B
4: The grammar of simple sentences	Session A
5: Sound	Session A
Round Up & Self Assessment	Round up	Self Assessment

Topics 6-10 cover mainly prose
6: Style and style variation	Session A
7: The grammar of complex sentences	Session A
8: Discourse structure and point of view	Session A
9: Speech presentation	Session A
10: Prose analysis	Session A
Round Up & Self Assessment	Round up	Self Assessment

Topics 11-13 cover mainly drama
11: Conversational structure and character	Session A
12: Meaning between the lines	Session A	Session B
13: Shared knowledge and absurdist drama	Session A	Session B
Round Up & Self Assessment	Round up	Self Assessment