Chapter 01 English Syntax
Check Point 01 Selectional and Subcategorization Restrictions ···· 8
Check Point 02 Thematic Relations · 9
Check Point 03 Syntactic Ambiguity 12
Check Point 04 X-Bar Theory · 16
Check Point 05 Constituency Tests · 20
Check Point 06 Complements and Adjuncts ······· 25
Check Point 07 Verb Complementation: V + NP + to-infinitive ···· 33
Check Point 08 Phrasal Verb versus Prepositional Verb ····· 36
Check Point 09 Control and Raising ··········· 40
Check Point 10 Binding Theory ·········· 45
Check Point 11 English Complementizers 51
Check Point 12 Case Theory ·· 54

Chapter 02 English Grammar
Check Point 13 Noun and Determiners ····· 58
Check Point 14 Pronouns ·········· 61
Check Point 15 Adjectives ········ 68
Check Point 16 Adverbials ········ 75
Check Point 17 Modal Auxiliary Verbs ······· 82
Check Point 18 Verb Complementation ····· 84
Check Point 19 The Semantics of Verb Phrases ········· 96
Check Point 20 Non-finite Verb Phrases ·· 111
Check Point 21 Coordination ··· 121
Check Point 22 Negation and Related Construction ··· 123
Check Point 23 Information Structuring ······ 131

Chapter 03 Morphology
Check Point 24 Classification of Morphemes ······ 143
Check Point 25 Hierarchical Structure of Derived Words ···· 145
Check Point 26 Two Classes of Derivational Affixes · 147
Check Point 27 Word-Formation Processes ········ 149
Check Point 28 Constraints on Derivation 155

Chapter 04 English Semantics and Pragmatics
Check Point 29 Lexical Relationships ········· 157
Check Point 30 Presupposition and Presupposition Triggers ········· 162
Check Point 31 Entailment ······· 165
Check Point 32 Factive Predicates and Non-factive Predicates ··· 167
Check Point 33 Implicative Predicates ········ 168
Check Point 34 Performative Verbs · 170
Check Point 35 Speech Acts Theory ·········· 171
Check Point 36 Deixis ····· 177
Check Point 37 Conversational Maxims ···· 179
and Conversational Implicature

Chapter 05 English Phonetics and Phonology
Check Point 38 Classification of English Consonants and Vowels ········· 182
Check Point 39 Phonological Features ······· 189
Check Point 40 English Consonants Allophones ·········· 190
Check Point 41 Phonemes and Allophones ········ 194
Check Point 42 Complementary Distribution and Free Variation ·· 197
Check Point 43 English Syllables ····· 199
Check Point 44 Sonority 206
Check Point 45 Syllabification · 207
Check Point 46 Stress Placement ···· 208
Check Point 47 Sentence Stress ······· 210
Check Point 48 Emphatic Stress ······· 212
Check Point 49 Stress Shift ····· 213
Check Point 50 Foot ········ 214
Check Point 51 Phonological Rules · 216
Check Point 52 Full Forms and Reduced Forms ········· 230
Check Point 53 Intonation ········· 231

Chapter 06 The History of English
Check Point 54 Great Vowel Shift ··· 236
Check Point 55 Semantic Change ···· 237