Unit 1. Morphology.
1.1. The morpheme. Types of morphemes. Derivational and inflectional morphology.
1.2. Word classes in English. Description and formal characteristics.
1.3. Morphological processes, and semantic relations.

Unit 2. Introduction to Syntax.
2.1. Introduction to the concept of syntax. Constituents and immediate constituents.
2.2. Word order and sentence structure. Word meaning and sentence structure.
2.3. The notation of sentence structure (labels and brackets or tree diagrams).

Unit 3. Elements of Syntax.
3.1. Rules of syntax.
3.2. Well formed structures and ill formed structures. Grammaticality vs. acceptability.
3.3. Productivity, recursion and embedding.
3.4. Structural ambiguity.

Unit 4. English phrases.
4.1. Grammatical and syntactic categories. Definition of phrase.
4.2. Phrase structure (heads, determiners, modifiers, complements, degree words).
4.3. Types of phrases in English.
4.4. English phrases and syntactic functions. The concept of distribution in syntax.

Unit 5. English clauses (I).
5.1. Definition of clause. Predicate structures.
5.2. Kernel sentences and complex sentences.

Unit 6. English clauses (II).
6.1. Finite and non-finite clauses.
6.2. Noun, adjective and adverb clauses in English.
6.3. Simple, compound and complex sentences. Subordination and coordination.