• [ Part 1: English Phonetics and Phonology]
  
• [ Part 2: General Morphology and Word Classes]
  
• [ Part 3: Syntax]

I. English Phonetics.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. Introduction to Phonology.
  2. The Sounds of English.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 1-14 (pp. 3-18)

• Exercises online.
  1. Voicing.
  2. Point of articulation.
  3. Manner of articulation.
  4. Describing consonants.
  5. The phonetic features of consonants.
  6. Writing descriptions of consonants.
  7. How consonants differ from one another.
  8. The phonetic features of vowels.
  9. Identifying vowel sounds.
  10. Reading broad transcription.
  11. Writing broad transcription.
  12. General questions on English phonetics.

II. English Phonology.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. The Phonology of English
  2. Suprasegmentals
  3. Phonotactics
• Exercises from Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 15-19 (pp. 19-23)

• Exercises online.
  1. Minimal pairs.
  2. Natural classes.
  3. Word Stress.
  4. Compounds.
  5. Intonation.
  6. General questions on English phonology.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. English Spelling Patterns
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises in Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 20-21 (pp. 24-25)
• Exercises online.
  1. The VCe# spelling pattern.
  2. The VC(C)# spelling pattern.
  3. The VV spelling pattern.
  4. Discriminating among spelling patterns.

IV. Examination on English phonetics and phonology.

I. General Morphology.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. Morphology
• Exercises from Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 22-32 (pp. 29-43).
• Exercises online.
  1. Counting morphemes.
  2. Simple and complex words.
  3. Identifying bases.
  4. Identifying the word classes of bases.
  5. Identifying the word classes of complex words.
  6. Identifying the functions of derivational morphemes.
  7. Identifying inflectional morphemes.
  8. Suffixal homophones.
  9. Apostrophes.
  10. General questions on morphology.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. Form Classes
• Exercises from Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 33-42 (pp. 44-53).
• Exercises online.
  1. Identifying count nouns.
  2. Finding the heads of NPs.
  3. Identifying subclasses of nouns.
  4. Identifying nouns by using inflectional morphemes.
  5. Testing for NPs.
  6. Identifying NP antecedents of pronouns.
  7. Identifying verbs.
  8. Regular and irregular verbs.
  9. Identifying main verbs.
  10. Identifying main verbs in context.
  11. Identifying adjectives.
  12. Finding adjectives.
  13. Identifying gradable and non-gradable adjectives.
  14. Identifying adverbs.
  15. Finding adverbs.
  16. Discriminating among form classes.
  17. General questions on form classes.

• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English: Structure Classes.
  1. Determiners.
  2. Pronouns.
  3. Prepositions.
  4. Auxiliaries
  5. Degree Adverbs
  6. Coordinating Conjunctions.
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Phonology and Morphology.
  1. 43-62 (pp. 57-78).
• Exercises online.
  1. Identifying determiners.
  2. Testing for determiners through substitution.
  3. Finding determiners.
  4. Identifying auxiliaries.
  5. Counting auxiliaries.
  6. Finding verb groups.
  7. Identifying degree adverbs.
  8. Finding degree adverbs.
  9. Discriminating between degree adverbs and general adverbs.
  10. Finding what degree adverbs modify.
  11. Identifying prepositions.
  12. Finding prepositions.
  13. Finding prepositional phrases.
  14. Identifying coordinating conjunctions.
  15. Finding coordinating conjunctions.
  16. Discriminating among structure classes.
  17. General questions on structure classes.

IV. Examination on morphology and word classes.

I. Phrases.

• Reading online
  1. Phrases.
• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. Introduction to Syntax
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 1-17 (pp. 3-36)
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises online.
  1. Finding the heads of noun phrases.
  2. Identifying noun phrases.
  3. Finding noun phrases through pronoun substitution.
  4. Finding the first auxiliary with the negative transformation.
  5. Writing verb groups.
  6. Finding the heads of adjective phrases.
  7. Writing adjective phrases.
  8. Adjective phrases as optional constituents.
  9. Writing adverb phrases.
  10. Adverb phrases as optional constituents.
  11. Writing prepositional phrases.
  12. Prepositional phrases as optional constituents.
  13. Discriminating among different phrase types.
  14. Finding the verb phrase (predicate) in declarative sentences.
  15. Finding the subject in declarative sentences.
  16. Finding the subjects in questions.
  17. Finding the subject in certain problem questions.
  18. Summary Exercise: Subjects and Predicates.

• Reading online
  1. Verbs and Their Complements.
• Readings in Lectures in the Strucure of English.
  1. Main Verbs and their Complements
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 18, 20-27 (pp. 37, 43-59)
• Exercises online.
  1. Identifying intransitive sentences.
  2. Identifying intensive sentences.
  3. Finding subject complements.
  4. Identifying monotransitive sentences.
  5. Finding direct objects.
  6. Identifying passive sentences.
  7. Transforming active sentences into passive sentences.
  8. Discriminating between intensive and monotransitive sentences.
  9. Discriminating between intensive and passive sentences.
  10. Identifying ditransitive sentences.
  11. Identifying indirect objects.
  12. Moving indirect objects.
  13. Identifying complex transitive sentences.
  14. Finding object complements.
  15. Discriminating among different types of transitive sentences.
  16. Discriminating among all types of sentences.
  17. Summary Exercise: Types of Sentences.

• Readings in Lectures in the Structure of English.
  1. The Functions of Noun Phrases
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 19 (pp. 39)
• Exercises online.
  1. Finding subjects of verbs.
  2. Finding subject complements (2).
  3. Finding direct objects (2).
  4. Distinguishing between direct objects and subject complements.
  5. Finding indirect objects.
  6. Distinguishing between direct objects and indirect objects.
  7. Finding object complements (2).
  8. Finding objects of prepositions.
  9. Discriminating among noun phrases with different functions.
  10. Summary Exercise: The functions of NPs.

• Readings in Lectures in the Structure of English.
  1. The Functions of Prepositional Phrases
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 30 (pp. 65)
• Exercises online.
  1. Identifying prepositional phrases as subject and object complements.
  2. Finding prepositional phrases as subject and object complements.
  3. Identifying prepositional phrases as post modifiers of a noun.
  4. Finding post modifiers of nouns using pronoun substitution.
  5. Identifying prepositional phrases as post modifiers of adjectives.
  6. Finding prepositional phrases as post modifiers of adjectives.
  7. Identifying prepositional phrases as adverbials.
  8. Finding prepositional phrases functioning adverbially.
  9. Summary Exercise: The Functions of Prepositional Phrases.

• Reading online
  1. Finite Subordinate Clauses.
• Readings in Lectures in the Structure of English.
  1. Finite Subordinate Clauses
• Print out and read the summary outline for this section.
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 31-33 (pp. 69-74)
• Exercises online.
  1. Identifying adverb clauses.
  2. Identifying subordinating conjunctions.
  3. Finding subordinating conjunctions.
  4. Finding adverb clauses using subordinating conjunctions.
  5. Finding adverb clauses using movement and deletion.
  6. Identifying adjective clauses.
  7. Finding adjective clauses using deletion.
  8. Identifying the grammatical functions of relative pronouns.
  9. Finding the antecedents of the relative pronouns.
  10. Distinguishing between adverb and adjective clauses.
  11. Identifying noun clauses.
  12. Finding noun clauses with pronoun substitution.
  13. Finding the grammatical functions of noun clauses.
  14. Summary Exercise: Finite Subordinate Clauses.

• Readings in Lectures in the Structure of English.
  1. Identifying Grammatical Functions
• Exercises from Exercises in English Syntax.
  1. 37-38 (pp. 81-83)
• Exercises online.
  1. Manipulating Constituents.
  2. Summary Exercise: Testing through manipulations.
  3. General Questions in Syntax.

VII. Syntax Examination.

VIII. Final Examination/Posttest.

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