Summary Chapter 1 & 2 Verspoor & Sauter

Language Optimization C.S. Bootsma
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1. Communicative functions of sentence types
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 1
○ Lecture 1: Introduction


2. Sentence complexity
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 2
○ Reading guide Fahnestock
○ Fahnestock C8 Sentence Construction: Modification
○ Lecture 2: Sentence complexity


3. Linearity
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 3
○ Reading guide Birner & Ward
○ Birner & Ward: Information structure and Syntactic structure
○ Lecture 3: Linearity


4. Sentence structures
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 4
○ Reading Guide Cornelis
○ Cornelis: Framing and Perspectivising in Discourse
○ Lecture 4: Sentence structures


5. Viewpoints in language
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 5
○ Reading Guide Gray and Biber
○ Gray & Biber: Current conceptions of stance
○ Lecture 5: Viewpoints in language


6. Optimizing linguistic choices
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 6
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 7
○ Lecture 6: Meaning-making using language


7. Wrap-up and preparation
○ Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 8
○ Mock exam & model answers

,INDEX
1. Communicative functions of sentence types 3
1.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 1 3
1.2 Declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentence patterns 3
1.3 Participant, process, attributes, and setting 3
1.4 Subject, predicator, object, attribute, and adverbial 4
1.5 Typical sentence patterns 5
1.7 English word order 6
1.2. Lecture 1: Introduction 8
Morphological negation versus sentence negation 8
Prosody vs orthography 8
Summary 1. Communicative functions of sentence types 8

2. Sentence complexity 9
2.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 2 9
Sentences versus clauses 9
Types of clauses 10
The difference between a coordinating conjunction and a conjunctive adverb 11
Sentence types 11
4. Compound-complex sentences 11
Modifcation 12
2.2. Reading guide Fahnestock 13
2.3. Fahnestock C8 Sentence Construction: Modification 13
Independent/main clauses Meaningfull by themselves 13
Dependent/subordiante clause Cannot strand on their own, start with a subordinate 13
1. Types of (dependent?) clauses 14
b. Adjective clauses 14
2.4. Lecture 2: Sentence complexity 16
LO perspectives 16
How to identify, and analyse 16
Sentences versus clauses 16
Types of sentences 16
Types of clauses 17

3. Linearity 18
3.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 3 18
3.2. Reading guide Birner & Ward 18
3.3. Birner & Ward: Information structure and Syntactic structure 18
3.4. Lecture 3: Linearity 18

4. Sentence structures 19
4.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 4 19
4.2. Cornelis: Framing and Perspectivising in Discourse 19
4.3. Reading Guide Cornelis 19


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, 4.4. Lecture 4: Sentence structures 19

5. Viewpoint in language 20
5.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 5 20
5.2. Reading Guide Gray and Biber 20
5.3. Gray & Biber: Current conceptions of stance 20
5.4. Lecture 5: Viewpoints in language 20

6. Optimizing linguistic choices 21
6.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 6 21
6.2. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 7 21
6.3. Lecture 6: Meaning-making using language 21

7. Wrap up and preparation 22
7.1. Verspoor & Sauter (2000) Chapter 8 22
7.2. Mock exam & model answers 22




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