ATS2681 Structure of English

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   explain and apply key notions used in the analysis of contemporary English grammar;

2. 2

   discuss and analyse the patterns and structures that distinguish the main standard varieties of English from each other and from other important varieties;

3. 3

   articulate the key features that distinguish formal and informal usage, and different occupational varieties;

4. 4

   analyse the way the processes set in place by globalization and the electronic revolution have been shaping English structure;

5. 5

   apply your knowledge to the analysis of 'real' texts, especially with the view to how information is structured in discourse.