Syllabus | EN 1204: Language Structure, Linguistics & Usage II
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Verbs & verb phrase (15/08 hrs)
- Types of verbs: lexical, auxiliary-primary and modal, regular, irregular, transitive, intransitive, stative, dynamic, finite, non-finite
- Verb forms: base, -s form, past, -ing form, -ed participle
- Activities to be familiar with verb forms
- The structure of the verb phrase
- Tense, aspect, voice, modality
- Label the tense, aspect and voice of the verb phrases.
- Construction-be+ past participle
- Negative and question forms
- Passive sentences with and without ‘by’:
- Characteristics of adjectives
- Functions of adjectives:-
As the head of the noun phrase
- Position of adjectives
- Adjective phrases
- Difference between adverbs and adverbials: adverb-word class, adverbial- a clause element
- Functions of adverbs
- Adverbials: adverbs (quickly), prepositional phrases (with a pencil), noun phrases (this morning)
- Semantic classes of adverbials: adverbials of manner/time/ place.
- Syntactic classes of adverbials: adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts
- Formal & informal language
- Spoken & written language
- Dialects- Social & regional
- Registers
- Idiolects
- British English ( RP)
- American English
- Standard Sri Lankan English
- Stress- syllables & word stress, sentence stress
- Intonation- Falling, rising, rising- falling, falling- rising.
- Linking- C+C, C+V, V+V, intrusion
- Assimilation- Progressive, Regressive
- Elision
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