Table des matières du syllabus :
Part 1. Coordination and types of subordination
1.1 Parameters of interpersonal grammar relevant to clause combining
1.1.1 Modality: Construing a position
1.1.2 Speech function: Assigning responsibility
1.1.3 Focus and scope: Delineating a domain
1.1.4 Combining the parameters
1.2 Defining four types of clause combining on interpersonal grounds
1.2.1 Operationalizing the interpersonal parameters
1.2.2 Coordination and three types of subordination
1.2.3 Polysemous conjunctions
1.3 Grammatical reflexes of the interpersonal parameters
1.3.1 [- Speech function] & [- Scope]: Preposability of the secondary clause
1.3.2 [+ Scope]: Clefting and wh-questioning
1.3.3 [+ Modality]: Discursive main clause phenomena
1.4 The semantics of coordinating and subordinating constructions
1.4.1 The constructional polysemy of conjunctions
1.4.2 Argumentative vs. non-argumentative coordination
1.4.3 Temporal vs. non-temporal free/bound subordination
1.4.4 Content-related vs. speaker-related interpretations
1.5 Special cases
1.5.1 Narrative temporal clauses
1.5.2 Non-finite clauses
1.5.3 An odd one out: Insubordinated constructions
Part 2. Represented speech and thought constructions
2.1 Preliminary questions
2.1.1 Delineating the construction types considered
2.1.2 Terminology and basic concepts
2.1.3 Does represented speech or thought represent speech or thought?
2.1.4 ‘Quotation’ as demonstration
2.2 Direct and indirect speech or thought
2.2.1 The main features of direct speech or thought
2.2.2 The main features of indirect speech or thought
2.2.3 Mixed quotation
2.2.4 The structural integration of reporting and reported clauses
2.2.5 Some recent developments in the quotative system of English
2.3 Free indirect speech or thought
2.3.1 The structure of free indirect speech/thought
2.3.2 The deixis of free indirect speech/thought
2.3.3 The viewpoint expressed in free indirect speech/thought
2.4 Distancing indirect speech or thought
2.4.1 Distinguishing distancing from free indirect speech/thought
2.4.2 Current speaker attitudes expressed in DIST
2.4.3 A note on diachrony
2.5 Subjectified forms of speech and thought representation
2.6 Fact constructions