VLC206 deals with selected aspects of Present-Day English (PDE) grammar, i.e. morphology and syntax. It is subdivided into two parts. The goal of the first part is to introduce the basic morphological concepts that are used to describe and explain the internal structure of words in PDE. Why can we say book-sell-er-s but not *sell-s-er-book? Why is a pancake "a cake made in a pan" but not "a pan with a cake"!? And if we analyze laughed as {laugh}+{ed} what about went? The second part emphasizes all those aspects of English grammar where English is different from other languages, e.g. the formal and functional properties of English verbs, subject and object selection, clause internal and external operations.
