Course contents

1. Structure of Kernel clauses: subject, predicate, predicator, complement, adjunct, direct and indirect object, predicative complement, subjective predicative complement and objective predicative complement

2. English Phrases, Kinds of phrases, Head and dependents, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase and possessive phrase

3. Object oriented types of sentences, mono transitive, ditransitive, complex transitive, intransitive and copulative sentences.

4. inflection, derivation, open classes and closed classes

5. Verb, tense, aspect, copulative, auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries