LINGUIST List 15.1352

Thu Apr 29 2004

Qs: English 'much';Undergrad/Graduate Mixed Courses

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  • Svalberg, Dr A.M.L., question: use of 'much'
  • Stanley Dubinsky, Query: undergrad/grad classes in syntax

    Message 1: question: use of 'much'

     Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:01:42 +0100
    From: Svalberg, Dr A.M.L. <amls2leicester.ac.uk>
    Subject: question: use of 'much'


    There is a discussion going on among our MA students about the use of 'much'. One person observed:

    It seems OK to say something like 'There is much happiness to be found in living a simple life' but it seems odder to say: "There is much salt on the floor".

    Register and degree of abstractness have been forwarded as explanations but nobody has been able to come up with a good description of/ explanation for how 'much' is used. Any ideas?

    Agneta

    Agneta M-L Svalberg (Dr) CELTEAL/ School of Education University of Leicester 21 University Road Leicester LE1 7RF UK20

    Message 2: Query: undergrad/grad classes in syntax

     Date: Wed, 28 Apr 04 05:58:27 EDT
    From: Stanley Dubinsky <DUBINSKVM.SC.EDU>
    Subject: Query: undergrad/grad classes in syntax


    I am trying to find out about common practice as regards mixing (or not mixing) graduate and undergraduate students in "introduction to syntax" and "introduction to phonology" courses. I know that in some institutions undergraduate majors and first year graduate students take the same course, while at other institutions a separate course is offered for each group.

    Please reply to: dubinskysc.edu

    1. For first semester syntax and phonology, my institution offers {one course/separate courses} for graduate and undergraduate students.

    2. If one course is offered, are requirements/grading standards different for each group?

    3. Department name, university name.

    Thanks. I'll post a summary if I receive a sufficient number of replies.

    Stanley Dubinsky e-mail: dubinskysc.edu Director phone: 803-777-2063 Linguistics Program phax: 803-777-7514 U of South Carolina http://www.cla.sc.edu/LING/index.html Columbia, SC 29208