OverviewOverview
                                                     Grammar and Our Knowledge Grammar and Our Knowledge                                                                                                   1.1. SyntaxSyntax
                                                                                    of Languageof Language                                                                                                 2.2. MorphologyMorphology
                                                                                                                                                                                                           3333..   PhoneticsPhoneticsPhoneticsPhonetics  aaandandndnd  PhonoloPhonoloPhonoloPhonologgggyyyy
                                                                                                                                                                                                           4.4. SemanticsSemantics
                                                                                                                                                                                                           5.5. AmbiguityAmbiguity
                                                                                                                                                                                                           6.6. Descriptive and Descriptive and Prescriptive Prescriptive Rules Rules of of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    GrammarGrammar
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                                                1.1. SyntaxSyntax                                                                                                                                          2.2.     MMorphologyorphology
                                                      ––      ConstituentsConstituents                                                                                                                           ––      AAffixationffixation
                                                      ––      MovementMovement                                                                                                                                   ––      InflecInflection and tion and derivationderivation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ––      WWord formation ord formation processesprocesses
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                                                3.3. Phonetics and Phonetics and PhonoloPhonologgyy                                                                                                        4.4. SemanticsSemantics
                                                      ––      Articulatory phoneticsArticulatory phonetics                                                                                                       ––AAnomanomallyy
                                                      ––      Acoustic Acoustic pppphoneticshonetics                                                                                                             ––      ContraContraddiictionction
                                                      ––      AAuuditory phoneticsditory phonetics                                                                                                               ––      PPresuppositionresupposition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ––MMetaphoretaphor
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                         5.5. AmbiguityAmbiguity                                                         6.6. Descriptive and Descriptive and prescriptive rules of prescriptive rules of 
                            ––  LexicLexicaal l and syntacand syntactictic ambiguity ambiguity               grammargrammar
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                         What is Syntax?What is Syntax?                                                  What is Syntax?What is Syntax?
                         ••The study of the The study of the way in way in                               ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidate candidate 
                           which sentences which sentences are are                                         thought that the expensive thought that the expensive 
                           constructed from smaller constructed from smaller                               dinners given in Lee’s honor dinners given in Lee’s honor 
                           units called constituents; units called constituents;                           were surprisingly were surprisingly boring.boring.
                           how sentences how sentences are related are related 
                           to each other. to each other. 
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                         ConstituentsConstituents                                                        ConstituentsConstituents
                         ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidatecandidate                          ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidate candidate 
                           thought that the expensive thought that the expensive                           thought that thought that the expensive the expensive 
                           dinners given in Lee’s honor dinners given in Lee’s honor                       dinnersdinners given in Lee’s honor given in Lee’s honor 
                           were surprisingly were surprisingly boring.boring.                              were surprisingly were surprisingly boring.boring.
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                         ConstituentsConstituents                                                        ConstituentsConstituents
                         ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidate candidate                         ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidate candidate 
                           thought that the expensive thought that the expensive                           thought that the expensive thought that the expensive 
                           dinners given dinners given in Lee’s honorin Lee’s honor                        dinners given in Lee’s honor dinners given in Lee’s honor 
                           were surprisingly were surprisingly boring.boring.                              were were surprisingly surprisingly boringboring..
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                         ConstituentsConstituents                                                        ConstituentsConstituents
                         ••The presidentiaThe presidentiall  candidatecandidate                          ••GeraldineGeraldine thought that the thought that the 
                           thought that thought that the expensive the expensive                           giftsgifts ggiven by iven by ScottScott wwere ere 
                           dinnersdinners given given in Lee’s honorin Lee’s honor                         wonderfulwonderfulwonderfulwonderful....
                                                                                                         ••The presidential candidateThe presidential candidate
                           were were surprisingly surprisingly boringboring..                              thought that thought that the expensive the expensive 
                                                                                                           dinnersdinners given in Lee’s honorgiven in Lee’s honor
                                                                                                           were were surprisingly boringsurprisingly boring..
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                         MovementMovement                                                                MovementMovement
                         ••The expensive The expensive dinners dinners given given                       ••SurprisinglySurprisingly the expensive the expensive 
                           in Lee’s in Lee’s honor were honor were                                         dinners given in Lee’s honor dinners given in Lee’s honor 
                           surprisingly boring.surprisingly boring.                                        were boring.were boring.
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                                                MovementMovement                                                                                                                                          MovementMovement
                                                ••WereWere the expensive dinners the expensive dinners                                                                                                    ••HonorHonor the expensive dinners the expensive dinners 
                                                    given in Lee’s honor given in Lee’s honor                                                                                                                  given in Lee’s were given in Lee’s were 
                                                    surprisingly boring?surprisingly boring?                                                                                                                   surprisingly boring?surprisingly boring?
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                                                OverviewOverview                                                                                                                                          What is Morphology?What is Morphology?
                                                1.1. SyntaxSyntax                                                                                                                                         •• The The study of the construction study of the construction of of words out words out 
                                                2.2. MorphologyMorphology                                                                                                                                      of morphemes.of morphemes.
                                                3333..  PhoneticsPhoneticsPhoneticsPhonetics  aaandandndnd  PhonoloPhonoloPhonoloPhonologgggyyyy                                                                 –– A morA morpppgpgheme is heme is the the smallest linsmallest lingguistic unit that uistic unit that 
                                                4.4. SemanticsSemantics                                                                                                                                              can have can have meaning or meaning or grammatical grammatical function.function.
                                                5.5. AmbiguityAmbiguity
                                                6.6. Descriptive and Descriptive and Prescriptive Prescriptive Rules Rules of of 
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                                                What is Morphology?What is Morphology?                                                                                                                    Affixation Affixation -- ssuffixesuffixes
                                                ••SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious                                                                                    ••SupercalifragilisticexpialidoSupercalifragilisticexpialidociouscious
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ••AtroAtrociouscious
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ••PretenPretentioustious
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ••DeliDeliciouscious
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ••SalaSalaciouscious
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