Topics include categories, phrases, functions, types of verbs, clauses, and finiteness. The course stresses that it is more important to be able to argue something than just memorize some rules. For that reason, the text leaves a number of issues unresolved. Some general issues such as prescriptivism vs descriptivism, varieties of English, and innatism are discussed as well.
Students are responsible for the material in the text and from the class lectures.
During exams, students are not allowed to confer with fellow students or use memory aids of any kind. If a student has to miss an exam due to similar circumstances, the instructor must be contacted as early as possible. There are several kinds of preparations and assignments. This course is unlike many other English classes.