English Syntax

Introduction
Grammatical units
The hierarchy of units
Syntactic Form & Syntactic Function
1. Words & Morphemes
Types of morphemes
Word classes
2. Phrases
Classes of Phrase
Phrase structure
3. Clauses
Clause Structure
Clause Patterns
Classification of dependent clauses: finite & non-finite clauses
4. Sentences
Classes of sentence: simple, compound & complex sentences
Clause linkage
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