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This document provides information about the Foundations in Linguistics and Language Sciences II course for Semester 1 of 2021/22. It will be taught by Dr. Kevin Chan and cover morphology, words, and syntax of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Students will learn to identify linguistic properties and compare similarities and differences between the languages. Assessment will consist of two in-class tests, each worth 30%, and a final test worth 40%. The course will be taught through lectures and small group discussions.

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This document provides information about the Foundations in Linguistics and Language Sciences II course for Semester 1 of 2021/22. It will be taught by Dr. Kevin Chan and cover morphology, words, and syntax of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Students will learn to identify linguistic properties and compare similarities and differences between the languages. Assessment will consist of two in-class tests, each worth 30%, and a final test worth 40%. The course will be taught through lectures and small group discussions.

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Foundations in Linguistics and Language Sciences II (CBS 5132)

Semester 1, 2021/22
Dr. Kevin Chan ([email protected])

Room: Y403 / Zoom Meeting ID: 969 5066 1577 Passcode: 047996

Subject objectives
This subject aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to grammar covering the areas of
morphology, words, and syntax. It covers Cantonese, Mandarin, and English, which are
most likely to be encountered as home and school languages of clients by speech
therapists working in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Intended Learning Outcomes


On successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
a. identify linguistic properties of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English in a linguistically
informed manner;
b. describe and compare the similarities and differences between Cantonese, Mandarin,
and English grammar;
c. competently perform analysis of speech and language samples in Cantonese,
Mandarin and English at the morphological and syntactic levels and interpret the
findings.

Teaching/Learning methodology
The course will be conducted through lectures combined with small group discussions.
During lectures, the basic concepts and theories will be introduced to the students. Small
group discussions will be used for solving small linguistic puzzles.

Assessment Methods

1. Test I 30%

2. Test II 30%

3. Final Test 40%

Total 100%

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Recommended Reading
Huang, C. & D. Shi. (2016). Chinese Reference Grammar. Cambridge University Press.
Huddleston, R. & G. Pullum. (2005). A Student’s Introduction to English Grammar.
Cambridge University Press.
Li, C. N. & S. A. Thompson. (1981). Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Matthews, S. & V. Yip. (1994). Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar. London; New
York: Routledge.
Quirk, R., S. Greenbaum, G. Leech, and J. Svartvik. (1985). A Comprehensive Grammar of
the English Language. London: Longmans.

Bibliography
Baker, M. C. (2005). Lexical Categories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Biber, D., G. Leech, & S. Conrad. (2002). Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written
English. Longman.
Carnie, A. (2007). Syntax: A Generative introduction (2nd ed.). Malden, Massachusetts:
Blackwell Pub.
Comrie, B. (1976). Aspect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Comrie, B. (1985). Tense. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Givon, T. (1993). The Grammar of English: A Functional-based Introduction. Vol. 1:
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Givon, T. (1979). On Understanding Grammar. New York: Academic Press.
Huang, J., A. Li, & Y. F. Li. (2009). The Syntax of Chinese. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Li, C. N. (Ed.). (1976). Subject and Topic. New York: Academic Press.
Pollard, C., & Xue, P. (1998). Chinese Reflexive Ziji: Syntactic Reflexives vs. Nonsyntactic
Reflexives. Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 7(4), 287-318.
Smith, C. (1991). The Parameter of Aspect. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Tang, C. C. J. (1989). ‘Chinese reflexives’. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 7:93-
121.
Tomlin, R. S. (1986). Basic Word Order. London: Croom Helm.
Tsao, F. F. (1990). Sentence and Clause Structure in Chinese: A Functional Perspective.
Taipei: Student Book.
Van Valin, R. D., Jr. (2005). Exploring the Syntax-Semantics Interface. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Xiao, R. and T. McEnery. (2010) Corpus-Based Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese.
London and New York: Routledge.
Xu, L. J. (1993). The long-distance binding of Ziji. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 21: 123-
141.
Xu, L. J. (Ed.). (1997). The Referential Properties of Chinese Noun Phrases. Paris: Centre de
Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale.
趙世開 (1999)《漢英語對比語法論集》上海：上海外語教育出版社。
石定栩 (1999) 主題句研究，收錄於徐烈炯《共性與個性——漢語語
言學中的爭議》，北京語言化大學出版社，1-36 頁。
朱德熙 (1982)《語法講義》北京：商務印書館。

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潘文國 (1997)《漢英語對比綱要》北京：北京語言文化大學出版社。
鄧思穎 (2004) 作格化和漢語被動句《中國語文》 301(4): 291-301。

Weekly Plans
Class time: Mondays (8:30-11:15am)
Week Date Topic(s)
1 30 Aug a. Course introduction
b. Morphemes and words
2 6 Sep Morphology
3 13 Sep Word classes
4 20 Sep a. Test 1
b. Phrase structure
5 27 Sep Word order and constituent structure
6 4 Oct Tense and aspect
7 11 Oct Negations
8 18 Oct Interrogatives
9 25 Oct a. Test 2
b. Double object construction
10 1 Nov Passives
11 8 Nov Subjects and topics
12 15 Nov Anaphora
13 22 Nov a. Analyses of language samples
b. Final Test

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