Course Title: Morphology and Syntax

Course Code: 3012495-3

Program: English Language 301200
Department: English Language
College: Al Leith University College
Institution: Umm Al-Qura University
Table of Contents
A. Course Identification ................................................................................................ 3
6. Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply) ............................................................................ 3
B. Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes............................................................. 4
1. Course Description ............................................................................................................ 4
2. Course Main Objective ....................................................................................................... 4
3. Course Learning Outcomes ................................................................................................. 4
C. Course Content ......................................................................................................... 4
D. Teaching and Assessment ......................................................................................... 5
1. Alignment of Course Learning Outcomes with Teaching Strategies and Assessment
Methods ................................................................................................................................. 5
2. Assessment Tasks for Students ........................................................................................... 6
E. Student Academic Counseling and Support ............................................................ 7
F. Learning Resources and Facilities ............................................................................ 7
1.Learning Resources ............................................................................................................. 7
2. Facilities Required .............................................................................................................. 7
G. Course Quality Evaluation ............................................. .‫معرفة‬
ّ ‫خطأ! اﻹشارة المرجعية غير‬
H. Specification Approval Data .................................................................................... 8

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A. Course Identification

1. Credit hours: 3
2. Course type
a. University College Department X Others
b. Required X Elective
3. Level/year at which this course is offered: Seven Level / Third Year
4. Pre-requisites for this course (if any): Introduction to Language 3012260-3

5. Co-requisites for this course (if any): None

6. Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply)

No Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Percentage
1 Traditional classroom 3 hours per week 100%
2 Blended 0 0%
3 E-learning 0 0%
4 Correspondence 0 0%
5 Other 0 0%

7. Actual Learning Hours (based on academic semester)

No Activity Learning Hours
Contact Hours
1 Lecture 3 hours x 15 weeks
2 Laboratory/Studio 0
3 Tutorial 0
1 office hour x 15
4 Others (specify)
weeks
Total 60 hours
Other Learning Hours*
1 Study 2 hour x 15 weeks
2 Assignments 1 hour x 15 weeks
3 Library 0
4 Projects/Research Essays/Theses 0
5 Others (specify) 0
Total 45 hours
* The length of time that a learner takes to complete learning activities that lead to achievement of course learning
outcomes, such as study time, homework assignments, projects, preparing presentations, library times

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B. Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
1. Course Description
- This course is divided into two parts, Morphology and Syntax. In the first part, students would learn how to
identify and classify various types of morphemes across languages. They would also learn to distinguish between
derivational and inflectional morphemes and compounding across languages.
As for the Syntax part, students would learn the difference between content and grammatical words and
categories. They would learn the different properties of the grammatical categories, such as
Nouns/Verbs/Prepositions/Adjectives/Adverbs and the different properties of functional categories, such as
Tense/Inflectional/Finiteness/Nonfiniteness/Pronouns/Plural/Complementisers. Finally, students would learn how
to represent sentences using bracketing or tree diagrams using their knowledge of grammatical and functional
categories and the rules of transformations.

2. Course Main Objective

- For the Morphology part, students are expected to learn the internal structure and the shapes of words
across languages, straddles the boundary between syntax and phonology and are introduced to major
issues in the study of morphology, emphasizing links to other components of grammar.
- As for the syntax part, students are expected to understand the logical structure and organization of
language, and of generative theory. Application of principles of syntactic analysis to students’ own and
other languages through data-oriented problems from different language types.

3. Course Learning Outcomes

Aligned
CLOs
PLOs
1 Knowledge:
1.1 Distinguish between words and non-words in English, and divide a K1
word into morphemes.
1.2 Recognize the linear and hierarchical structure of English words. K2
1.3 Explain the principles regulating word structures in English language. K3
1.4 Know the nature and outcome of word formation processes and how to K4
use them to derive new words.
1.5 Explain the role of syntax in grammar. K1
1.6 Classify English words into their lexical categories. K2
2 Skills :
2.1 Relate and be able to use inflectional suffixes correctly in the S1
appropriate syntactic context.
2.2 Analyze English phrases and sentences through syntactic tree diagrams S1
showing their linear and hierarchical structure of phrases and sentences.
2.3 Analyze syntactically ambiguous phrases and sentences. S2
2.4 Apply phrase structure rules and X-bar rules to English phrases and S3
sentences.
3 Competence:
3.1 Relate the principles of morphology to other disciplines such as Syntax C1
and phonology.
3.2 Explain the natures of grammatical relations such as subjects and C1
objects.
3.3 Describe Case and Theta-Theory as well as Binding Theory. C2
3.4 Identify the types and patterns of English phrases and sentences. C3

C. Course Content
Contact
No List of Topics
Hours

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 1 Morphemes- Free and Bound Morphemes- Allomorphs 3
2 Representing Word Structure- Roots and Affixes- Bases 3
3 Common Morphological Phenomena- Affixation- Cliticization 3
4 Cont. Internal Change- Suppletion- Stress and Tone Placement 3
5 Reduplication and Compounding- Derivation 3
English Derivational Affixes-Simple vs. Complex-Constraints on
6 3
Derivation
7 Properties of Compounding-Conversion- Clipping- Blends-Acronyms 3
8 Inflection- Infl. vs. Der. 3
9 Grammar- Traditional Grammar 6
10 Universal Grammar- Language Faculty- Parameter setting 3
11 Structure- Phrases- Clauses- Testing Structure- C-command 6
12 Null Constituents-Subjects- Auxiliary-Complementizers 3
13 Head Movement- T-to-C V-to-T -Aux Raising Do-support 3
Total 45

D. Teaching and Assessment

1. Alignment of Course Learning Outcomes with Teaching Strategies and
Assessment Methods
Code Course Learning Outcomes Teaching Strategies Assessment Methods
1.0 Knowledge
Exams
Lectures/tutorials
Distinguish between words and non- (midterm/final)
Individual work
1.1 words in English, and divide a word Homework/written
Team/peer work
into morphemes. assignments

Recognize the linear and hierarchical Exams

Lectures/tutorials
structure of English words. (midterm/final)
Individual work
1.2 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Explain the principles regulating word Exams

Lectures/tutorials
structures in English language. (midterm/final)
Individual work
1.3 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Know the nature and outcome of word Exams

Lectures/tutorials
formation processes and how to use (midterm/final)
Individual work
1.4 them to derive new words. Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Explain the role of syntax in grammar. Exams

Lectures/tutorials
(midterm/final)
Individual work
1.5 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Classify English words into their Lectures/tutorials Exams

1.6 lexical categories. Individual work (midterm/final)
Team/peer work Homework/written

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Code Course Learning Outcomes Teaching Strategies Assessment Methods
assignments

2.0 Skills
Relate and be able to use inflectional Exams
Lectures/tutorials
suffixes correctly in the appropriate (midterm/final)
Individual work
2.1 syntactic context. Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Analyze English phrases and sentences Exams

Lectures/tutorials
through syntactic tree diagrams (midterm/final)
Individual work
2.2 showing their linear and hierarchical Homework/written
Team/peer work
structure of phrases and sentences. assignments

Analyze syntactically ambiguous Exams

Lectures/tutorials
phrases and sentences. (midterm/final)
Individual work
2.3 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Apply phrase structure rules and X-bar Exams

Lectures/tutorials
rules to English phrases and sentences. (midterm/final)
Individual work
2.4 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

3.0 Competence
Relate the principles of morphology to Exams
Lectures/tutorials
other disciplines such as Syntax and (midterm/final)
Individual work
3.1 phonology. Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Explain the natures of grammatical Exams

Lectures/tutorials
relations such as subjects and objects. (midterm/final)
Individual work
3.2 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Describe Case and Theta-Theory as Exams

Lectures/tutorials
well as Binding Theory. (midterm/final)
Individual work
3.3 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

Identify the types and patterns of Exams

Lectures/tutorials
English phrases and sentences. (midterm/final)
Individual work
3.4 Homework/written
Team/peer work
assignments

2. Assessment Tasks for Students

Percentage of Total
# Assessment task* Week Due
Assessment Score
Written assignments/oral discussion/participation Every 25%
1
week

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 Percentage of Total
# Assessment task* Week Due
Assessment Score
2 Midterm exam 9th week 25%
Final exam End of 50%
3
semester
*Assessment task (i.e., written test, oral test, oral presentation, group project, essay, etc.)

E. Student Academic Counseling and Support

Arrangements for availability of faculty and teaching staff for individual student
consultations and academic advice :
- Each instructor should provide academic guidance to a specific number of students in the
English language department. Faculty members have four office hours per week in which they
try to provide students with further clarification related to the delivered lessons, when needed.

F. Learning Resources and Facilities

1.Learning Resources
O'Grady, W. (1997). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction.
University of Hawaii.
Required Textbooks
Radford, A. (2009). An Introduction to English Sentence Structure.
Cambridge, New York.
Essential References
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Materials

Electronic Materials **************

Other Learning
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Materials

2. Facilities Required
Item Resources
Accommodation - large size classrooms with a capacity of 35
(Classrooms, laboratories, demonstration chairs at least
rooms/labs, etc.)
Technology Resources
(AV, data show, Smart Board, software, - Data show, Smart Board
etc.)
Other Resources
(Specify, e.g. if specific laboratory
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equipment is required, list requirements or
attach a list)

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G. Course Quality Evaluation
Evaluation
Evaluators Evaluation Methods
Areas/Issues
Effectiveness of teaching and
Students Direct (online questionnaires)
assessment
Quality of learning resources Students
Direct (online questionnaires)
Faculty members
Quality Unit
Extent of achievement of Faculty members
course learning outcomes Students Direct (online questionnaires)

Evaluation areas (e.g., Effectiveness of teaching and assessment, Extent of achievement of course learning
outcomes, Quality of learning resources, etc.)
Evaluators (Students, Faculty, Program Leaders, Peer Reviewer, Others (specify)
Assessment Methods (Direct, Indirect)

H. Specification Approval Data

Council / Committee The English language department’s council
Reference No.
Date
Dr. Hadi Hussein Al-Samadani

Head of Department
Signature: