English Grammar Course Overview

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What are the two main disciplines studied in grammar?

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Morphology and Syntax.

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What is the difference between descriptive and prescriptive approaches to grammar?

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Descriptive grammar describes how people actually use language, while prescriptive grammar tells people how they should use language.

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What are the components of a noun phrase?

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A noun phrase can include a determiner, modifiers, and a noun.

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What is the valency of a verb?

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Valency refers to the number and type of connections that syntactic elements can form with one another in a sentence.

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What are the types of finite dependent clauses?

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Complement clause, adverbial clause, relative clause, comparative clause, and peripheral clause.

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What is the role of function words in a sentence?

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Function words indicate meaning relationships and help interpret units containing lexical words.

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What is the structure of a clause?

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A clause consists of one or more phrases.

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What is the difference between lexical and function words?

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Lexical words carry the most information, while function words indicate relationships between word units.

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What is the significance of parsing in grammar?

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Parsing helps in understanding the structure and meaning of sentences by analyzing their components.

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What are the components of a verb phrase?

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A verb phrase includes the main verb and any auxiliary verbs.