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Task 3: Compare the underlined or boxed items. Which differences do you notice? Try to use the appropriate linguistic terms. Task 4: Which branch(es) of linguistics do the following courses belong to? Which of the above traits will they help you to learn more about? Year 1 Introduction to General Linguistics: sign systems, history of linguistics; levels of language, linguistic terminology English Phonetics and Phonology: pronunciation, speech organs, articulation of vowels and consonants, phonemic and phonetic features of connected speech English Morphology: form and internal structure of words; parts of speech and their grammatical features Social History of English: historical sources of contemporary English vocabulary, development of American English and British dialects English Verb 1: English verb, its features and grammatical categories; verbal phrase Year 2 English Verb 2: complex verbal structures: conditionality, mood and modality, non-finites, reported speech, voice; syntactic and contrastive analysis English Historical Grammar: development of English phonology, morphology and syntax Prosodic Features of English: rhythm, ways of organizing the message in sentences, melody of speech, pragmatic function of tones and tunes English Syntax: phrase and sentence structure, sentence patterns, complex sentences
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