Courses

Spring 2023

COGNITIVE GRAMMAR OF SPANISH

, 3 pts, UN3462

COGNITIVE GRAMMAR OF SPAN

From a cognitive and operational point of view, this course aims to reflect on the theoretical and, mainly, practical limits of traditional grammar explanations, contributing with a new meaningful, experiential and representational understanding of Spanish as a human mean of communication. Within this framework, some of the most representative aspects of the grammar of Spanish will be studied from a fully practical perspective, favoring the comparison with the grammar of English. In each case, the reflection will lead to turn the traditional rules and their exceptions, into operational laws without exceptions, as well as to highlight the natural logic underlying every single grammar decision in the use of language.
Section Number
001
Call Number
13350
Day, Time & Location
MW 5:40PM-6:55PM 505 Casa Hispánica
Instructor
Jose Placido Ruiz-Campillo