Spring 2027

English Syntax

English Syntax applies syntactic theory to the analysis of English sentences, focusing on linguistic structures and their theoretical frameworks.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Juliet Huynh

The class was described as rather challenging, but the instructor ensured that students understood exactly what was going on with the content.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply syntactic theory to the analysis of English sentences.

  • Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ENGL 314 or graduate/professional standing

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ENGL 514

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANJA WANNER is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIET HUYNH is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anja Wanner

The course featured clear instruction and fair grading, with a reasonable workload despite abstract material. Assessment included one take-home and one open-book exam.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.82 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.94 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.25 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Juliet Huynh

The class was described as rather challenging, but the instructor ensured that students understood exactly what was going on with the content.

Past student reviews · Anja Wanner

The speaker was clear and the grader fair. The textbook was not mandatory for the course.

Topics

  • Syntactic theory and its application to English sentence analysis.
  • Linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation.
  • Relationships among society, literature, and language underlying belief construction.

Skills

  • Applying syntactic theory to analyze English sentences.
  • Analyzing linguistic structures related to language acquisition, use, and variation.
  • Formulating and pursuing original research questions by assessing scholarly literature.

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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  "requirements_status": "valid",
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