BTW 402

Fall 2013

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Descriptive English Grammar
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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Same as ENGL 402. See ENGL 402.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
34486
Lecture-Discussion
1G
3:30PM -4:45PM
MW
259 English Building
Russell, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
4 hours
Section Info:
It?s possible to think of grammar as a ?science?: it is the careful collection and analysis of observable facts about how we use the English language. This course will be an introduction to that science, surveying how linguists and language scholars presently describe the structures of English?its morphology, phonology, phrases, clauses, sentences, syntax, semantics, stylistics, and sociocultural variations. But grammar is just as much and importantly an ?art?: it is a set of rules and recommendations for how we should use the English language. And so, this course will also be an introduction to how, why, and to what effects various people have prescribed English usage in various ways, from the 18th century into the present day. Ultimately, a better understanding of what grammar is, how it works, and what it does in the world not only allows us to be better users of the English language but also invites us to be more conscientious users of the English language, mindful of how our describable practices and prescribable rules have social consequences that accord purity, power, and participation to some and contamination, ignorance, and exclusion to others.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
34484
Lecture-Discussion
1U
3:30PM -4:45PM
MW
259 English Building
Russell, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
It?s possible to think of grammar as a ?science?: it is the careful collection and analysis of observable facts about how we use the English language. This course will be an introduction to that science, surveying how linguists and language scholars presently describe the structures of English?its morphology, phonology, phrases, clauses, sentences, syntax, semantics, stylistics, and sociocultural variations. But grammar is just as much and importantly an ?art?: it is a set of rules and recommendations for how we should use the English language. And so, this course will also be an introduction to how, why, and to what effects various people have prescribed English usage in various ways, from the 18th century into the present day. Ultimately, a better understanding of what grammar is, how it works, and what it does in the world not only allows us to be better users of the English language but also invites us to be more conscientious users of the English language, mindful of how our describable practices and prescribable rules have social consequences that accord purity, power, and participation to some and contamination, ignorance, and exclusion to others.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to English or Rhetoric or Creative Writing major(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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