Assigned Topics For Discussion SoE

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Topics:

Topic 1: Phonetics and Phonology (Alconera, Balana, Cordero)


The sound system of English: consonants, vowels, prosody.
Phonological rules: assimilation, deletion, epenthesis, and others.
Topic 2: Morphology (Difuntorum, Gementiza, Luis)
Morphemes
Words and word formation
Topic 3: Syntax (Manudsud, Nacion, Namang)
Basic sentence structure: subject, verb, object.
Constituency tests: substitution, movement, coordination.
Phrase structure rules and transformations.
Topic 4: Semantics and Pragmatics (Pinili, Plaza, Serato)
Meaning and context: semantics and pragmatics.
Lexical semantics: sense, reference, connotation.
Speech acts: illocutionary force, implicature.
Topic 5: Syntax II (Son, Villafuerto, Villarosa)
Advanced topics in syntax: passives, relative clauses, subordinate clauses.
Syntactic typology and universals.

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