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Theory and Practice of Language - Grammar and Usage |
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THEORY LANG |
| CLASS CODE: |
ENG 325 |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
LANGUAGE & LETTERS |
| DEPARTMENT: |
ENGLISH |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Introduces the study of the English language with an overview of grammar, history, usage, and semantics. (Required for English majors.) |
| TAUGHT: |
Winter, Summer, and Fall |
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: |
Grammar; history of English language; usage; semantics. |
| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: |
- Consider how language influences thinking.
- Understand the history of the English language.
- Apply principles of modern American usage and grammar.
- Compare traditional grammar (e.g. linguistic categories, sentence structures, and parts of speech) to other theories of grammar.
- Understand levels of usage and diction.
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| REQUIREMENTS: |
Know2ledge of terminology of traditional grammar; application of usage principles; 2,500 words of edited prose, including resource reports on various aspects of language, usage and semantics, and essays on how language shapes meaning. |
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| OTHER: |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2001 |
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