1. INGL 4235 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH: AN INTRODUCTION
PROF. ANÍBAL MUÑOZ CLAUDIO
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
3:00-4:20 P.M. ROOM: LCS 101
www1.uprh.edu/animun

2. OVERVIEW TENTATIVE CALENDAR EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE
THE CA THEORY
THE STRUCTURE OF SOUND SYSTEMS
INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES
RELEVANT TERMINOLOGY (MUST FOR ESL EDUCATORS)
FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS (references, etc.)

3. TENTATIVE CALENDAR DATES TOPIC / ACT. SEPT 4-6 OCT 2-4 OCT 9-11
COURSE INTRODUCTION /GENERAL OVERVIEW
SEPT 11-13
LINGUISTICS/ CAH/ CA AND BILINGUALISM / GRAMMAR
SEPT 18-20
ENGLISH –SPANISH PATTERNS IN PHONOLOGY
SEPT 25-27
PHONEMES, ALLOPHONES, IPA INTONATION, DIALECTS, ETC.
OCT 2-4
MORPHOSYNTAX / BASIC SENT. STRUCTURES IN E&S
OCT 9-11
MORPHOSYNTAX /NOUN PHRASES AND OTHERS
OCT 16-18
CA IN VERB TENSES/ VERB CONJUGATION
OCT 23-25
CA IN VERB TENSES / MODALS
OCT 30
CA WITH FUNCTION WORDS, PREP., CONJ. , ARTICLES, ETC.
NOV 1
LEXICAL UNITS; WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS, ANGLICISMS IN PR, others
NOV 6-8
DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY
COGNATES/ HOMOPHONES
NOV 13-15
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS, COLOCATION WORDS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
NOV 20
IND. PRESENTATION (2-3) STUDENTS PER CLASS (FE)
NOV 22
THANKSGIVING RECESS
NOV 27-29
IND. PRESENTATION (2-3) STUDENTS PER CLASS
DEC 4
DEC 6
DEC 11
FINAL EXAM / REACTION PAPERS DUE (FE)
FINAL DAY
GROUP RESEARCH PRESENTATION

4. EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
CLASS DISCUSSIONS
(BASED ON HOMEWORK)
QUIZZES (SPORADIC)
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH/CRITIQUE/ORAL PRESENTATION ON SCHOLARLY ARTICLE (CA, others)
REACTION PAPERS (2)
EXAM –TERMINOLOGY (FINAL OR INDIVIDUAL)
FINAL (GROUP) RESEARCH PROJECT
GRADING SYSTEM
= A
= B
= C
= D
= F
CUMULATIVE POINTS

5. HISTORY OF ENGLISH and SPANISH LANGUAGES: DIFFERENT IDIOSYNCRASIES
VERY CONVENIENT SITES 1. 2.
(video) 3. 4.

8. CA THEORY Language patterns and perceptual processes
Why do languages differ?
CAH (strong & weak versions)
Wardhaugh (1974) "pseudo-procedure“
A COLLECTION OF THEORIES (L1, L2 THEORIES) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
SITE:
Spoken language and written language
Articulation (phonemes/allophones)
Lexicon (anglicisms, idioms, etc.)
New tendencies (World Englishes)

9. The Structure of Sound Systems
Articulation of consonants and vowels
English alphabet
Spanish alphabet
IPA (phonetic symbols)
Optional and obligatory choices
Stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns

10. Introduction to Grammatical Structures
The grammar of a language is a complex set of systems that may be analyzed and studied on these three levels: (Noam Chomsky’s, 1966)(UG)
Phonology -set of sounds/ symbols
Morphology -combinations of sounds that
make up single units of meaning
3. Syntax -how single units of meaning (lexical units)
combine to form words, phrases and
sentences.

11. Parts of Speech The matrix PPP: www1uprh.edu/animun
Sentence constituents
Word classes and morphological characteristics
Noun phrases
Verb phrases
Verb conjugation
Modals (auxiliary verbs)
Capitalization and punctuation rules
Complex and compund sentences
Lexical differences
Other grammatical aspects

12. Relevant Terminology Grammar –(see previous slide)
Linguistics –systematic study of language (development of L theories)
Phonology-scientific study of the pattern of speech sounds in a language
Morphology-scientific study of the structure of words (derivation/inflection)
Syntax-organization of words in sentences
Phonemes- the smallest phonetic unit / a speech sound
Allophones-different forms that a phoneme can take
optional choices- lexical units or words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
obligatory choices –function words (conjuctions, prepositions, etc.)
Dialects – a regional variety of a language (voc., grammar, pronunciation)
Homonyms – words with same spelling or sound (rest/rest)
Homophones- words with same pronunciation/different meaning (break/brake)
Anglicisms-English words or variations used in another language
Affixation-addition of prefixes, suffixes, to create a new word or inflections
Intonation-pitch of the voice / the rising or falling pitch of voice
Sentence constituents- words, phrases, or clauses of sentences
Lexical units- words that carry meaning (lexicon): nouns, etc.
noun phrase, verb phrase, etc. –sentence constituents
Lexicon- meaning of the word

13. Final Research Project (Group work) 300 POINTS
RECONSTRUCT IT (FORMAT & STYLE, ETC.)
RESEARCH AND ADD ALL NEW OFFICIAL VERBS
TRANSLATE ACCORDINGLY (CA –ENGLISH AND SPANISH)
ADD MODALS (AUX. VERBS) CHART
REVISE AND EDIT
PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL COVER SHEET (YOUR NAMES), INTRODUCTION (USEFULNESS, ETC.)TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND REFERENCE PAGE
MAKE PHOTOCOPIES
PRESENT IT (CONFERENCE STYLE)
(ESL FORUMS: UPRH ENG. DEPT., TESOL, ESA, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ETC.) V E R B T N S D O C U M

14. References James, C., (1980). Contrastive analysis
Nash, R., (1978) Readings in Spanish-English
Contrastive Linguistics