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Salman bin Abdulaziz University

Salman bin Abdulaziz University . College of Science and Humanity Studies, Al- Kharj. Department of English. Level8 (2nd Semester). Course Symbol & Code : ENG4860. Course Title :Syntax& Morphology. Course Objectives:.

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Salman bin Abdulaziz University

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  1. Salman bin Abdulaziz University College of Science and Humanity Studies, Al-Kharj

  2. Department of English Level8 (2nd Semester)

  3. Course Symbol & Code: ENG4860 Course Title :Syntax& Morphology

  4. Course Objectives: • The course will introduce the students to the fundamental syntactic and morphological concepts such as the syntactic categories, syntactic functions and tree diagram…etc. • The course also discusses some word-formation processes (coinage, borrowing and blending…etc.

  5. It will also go through various types of morphemes to tackle some problems concerning the morphological description.

  6. Students who successfully complete this course will • Identify the basic notion in syntax such as (syntactic constituents, syntactic functions, syntactic categories and so forth) • Analyze simple, complex and compound sentences into their constituents showing the syntactic functions and categories.

  7. Draw tree diagrams for simple, complex an d compound English sentences on the basis of phrase structure rules. • Write transformation rules for the derivation of surface structures from deep structures. • Resolve ambiguity in some ambiguous structures.

  8. Topics to be covered • Language and levels of Language Analysis • Morphology • Types of Morphemes • Morphological description

  9. Morphs & allomorphs • Words & word-formation Processes • Syntax • Parts of speech • Phrases and Sentences

  10. Grammar • Types of grammar • Structural analysis • Generative grammar • Deep & surface Structures

  11. Symbols used in syntactic description • Transformational grammar

  12. Textbooks • Aarts, Flor and Jan Aarts. English Syntactic Structures.1982.Pergamon Press, New York. • Thomas, Lind. Beginning Syntax. 1993. Sasil Blackwell Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  13. General References • The study of Language 4th ed. George Yule

  14. Important Sites • http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm • www.Wikipedia.com • www.wiseGeek.com • www.about.com

  15. http://faculty.sau.edu.sa/b.mohammed • @ Kurdofania • Edmodogroup:gd3f3u

  16. Assessments • First Quiz 5 • Second Quiz 5 • Mid-term 20 • Work sheet 10 • PowerPoint presentation 10 or term paper • Final Exam 50

  17. Course Requirements • Attending lectures • Work sheet • PowerPoint presentation or term parper • Two quizzes • Med-term Exam • Final Exam

  18. What is Language? • Language is a human, oral, aural, writing system of communicating ideas and feeling. • It is human because only human beings can use Language while animals cannot. • Language is oral because it is basically a spoken form. Children start to speak and then learn to write.

  19. Language is aural because it is heard and received by the human hearing system. • It is a system. Language consists of fixed set of rules that must be followed to achieve communication. • There are rules at all levels of language analysis.

  20. There for Language can be: • What a person says (e.gexpressions) • The way of speaking or writing (e.g. Shakespeare’s language) • A particular variety or level of speech or writing (e.g. language for special purpose, colloquial language)

  21. A tool for human communication. (social function) • A set of rules. (rule-governed)

  22. Levels of Language Analysis

  23. Mono-Syl: man, cat, eat • Disyl: English, behave, player • Trisyl: important, discover • Polysyl: unbelievable, nationalization

  24. Consonants • Sounds which pronounced with various obstructions of air-stream such as the sounds │ p │ & │ b│

  25. Vowels • Sounds which pronounced without any various obstructions of air-stream such as the sounds │ i: │ as in feel and │ I │ as in fill.

  26. Stress • The degree of force with which a syllable is pronounced. There are many degrees of stress. • First syllable: English, village, leader • Second syllable: believe, obey, degree

  27. Intonation • The music orchestration of sentence pronunciation as in the following sentences: Falling intonation: She is a teacher. Raising intonation: What is your job?

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