English Morphology & Syntax

SYLLABUS
Lecturer in Charge: Nguyeãn Minh Taâm
MORPHOLOGY

I. Introduction to Morphology
A. Subject Matter
B. Branches of Morphology: Inflectional & Derivational Morphology
II. Classification of Words: Structure & Classification
A. Simple / Complex / Compound / Compound-Complex Words
III. Parts of Speech / Word Classes
A. Content Words / Open Classes of Words
1. Nouns / Verbs / Adjectives / Adverbs
B. Function Words / Closed Classes of Words
1. Syntactic Devices
2. Noun Determiners
3. Auxiliaries
4. Intensifiers
C. Identification & Classification of Parts of Speech: Meaning, Form &
Function
IV. Morphemes: the Smallest Units of Meaning
A. Analyzing Words
B. Morphemes / Morphs / Allomorphs
C. Types of Morphemes
1. Free & Bound Morphemes
2. Roots / Stems / Bases / Affixes
3. Inflectional / Derivational Morphemes
4. Paradigms & Zero Allomorphs
5. Superfixes
D. Types of Conditioning: Phonological vs. Morphological
V. Processes of Word Formation
A. Affixation / (Multiple Affixation)
1. Inflection
2. Derivation
B. Back Formation
C. Compounding
D. Combining Forms
E. Reduplication
F. Clipping
G. Blending
H. Echoism / Onomatopoeia
I. Coinage / Invention
J. Borrowing
K. Conversion
VI. Morphophonemic Changes
A. Loss of Phonemes
B. Addition of Phonemes
C. Simple Consonant Change
D. Assimilation
E. Dissimilation
F. Synthesis
G. Change of Syllabic Vowel or Diphthong
H. Stress Shift
I. Gradation
J. Suppletion
VII. Outline of English Morphology
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VIII. Introduction to Syntax

A. Subject Matter
B. Branches of Syntax: Sentence Syntax & Text Syntax
IX. Grammatical Analysis: Binary Analysis  ICs  UCs
X. Sentence Syntax
A. Basic Sentence Patterns  Types of Verbs (Be / Linking Verbs / Transitive
Verbs / Intransitive Verbs)
B. Syntactic Structures
1. Predication
2. Modification
3. Coordination
4. Complementation
5. Subordination
C. Clause Types
1. SV
2. SVA
3. SVC
4. SVO
5. SVOA
6. SVOC
7. SVOO
D. Kinds of Phrases
1. Endocentric Structures vs. Exocentric Structures
2. Noun Phrases
3. Verb Phrases
4. Adjective Phrases
5. Adverb Phrases
6. Prepositional Phrases
E. Kinds of Clauses: Finite (That- & Wh- Clauses vs. Non-Finite: Infinitive /
Participial Clauses)
F. Kinds of Sentences: Simple / Compound / Complex
G. Transformations
1. Negative / Interrogative Transformations
2. Passivization
3. Nominalization
4. Cleft & Pseudo-Cleft Sentences
5. Coordination
6. Subordination
XI. Text Syntax
A. Rearrangement of Sentence Elements
1. Principles of End-Focus and End-Weight
2. Extraposition
3. Postponement
4. Expletive It & There
5. Substitution & Ellipsis
B. Cohesion & Reference
1. Devices for Cohesion: Pro-Forms
2. Kinds of Reference: Endophoric / Exophoric / Anaphoric / Cataphoric

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