INTRODUCTION TO SYNTAX LEARNING CONTRACT LECTURED BY DEDY SUBANDOWO, M.A. dedy.subandowo@ummetro.ac.id mrdowoportal.com

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE Syntax is one of braches of Linguistics which is given to the students to enhance their understanding of syntactic structures based on the available linguistics theories. The process of the course stresses on the students’ ability both in perceiving and producing the various constructions of English including the basic concept of syntax, head and modifiers, constituent structure, word classes, clauses, grammatical function, syntactic linkage, roles, and grammar and semantics.

COURSE POLICIES Participation: As a student in this course, you will be expected to participate in the course discussion forum. Some of the material may be unfamiliar and challenging, so we will use the discussion forum to work through questions and explore the new concepts. Students will be assigned to a small group to present the materials which are collected before the course begins.

Class atmosphere We all bring different points of view to the class. My hope is that we will be able to appreciate the difference points of view from the other students. The students can put their hands up to ask, suggest or answer.

ASSESSMENT Assessment will be based on Mid test in the form of written conceptual questions and sentence analysis and final test in the form of mini research concerning syntactic topics or problems.

SCORING AND GRADING The final score will be taken from the students’ activity in the classroom, the attandence list, the assignment both mid and final exam. The more active you are in the class, the bigger chance for you get a high grade or pass the course.

DETAILED MATERIALS NO CONTENTS NOTES 1 HEADS AND MODIFIERS 2 CONSTITUENT STRUCTURE 3 CONSTRUCTION 4 WORD CLASSES 5 THE LEXICON 6 EVALUATION 7 CLAUSES 1 AND 2 8 GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION 9 SYNTACTIC LINKAGE 10 HEADS AND MODIFIER REVISITED 11 ROLES 12 GRAMMAR AND SEMANTICS: CASE, GENDER, MOOD 13 GRAMMAR AND SEMANTICS: ASPECTS, TENSE, VOICE 14