what is syntax????
"Syntax is the study of
the principles and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular
languages. Syntactic investigation of a given language has as its goal the
construction of a grammar that can be viewed as a device of some sort for
producing the sentences of the language under analysis."(Noam Chomsky,
2002:11)
Syntax is one of the branch of
linguistics that studies the rules that determine how the words form phrases
and phrases to form sentences. Etymologically the term syntax is putting together
words into sentences and groups of words or groups of words into sentences.
What is Syntax?
Syntax
– the part of linguistics that
studies sentence structure:
•
word order:
I want these books.
*want these I books.
•
agreement – subject and verb, determiner
and noun, . . . often m
ust agree:
He wants this book.
*He want this book.
I want these books.
*I want this books.
•
How many complements, which
prepositions and forms (cases):
I give Mary a book.
*I see Mary a book.
I see her.
*I see she.
•
hierarchical structure – what
modifies what
We need more (intelligent leaders).
(more of intelligent leaders)
We need (more intelligent) leaders.
(leaders that are more intelligent)
•
etc.
Syntax is not about meaning!
Sentences can have no sense and still
be grammatically correct:
Colorless green ideas sleep
furiously.
– nonsense, but grammatically
correct
*Sleep ideas colorless furiously
green.
– grammatically incorrect
Syntax: From Greek
syntaxis
from
syn
(together) +taxis(arrangement).Cf.
symphony, synonym, synthesis;
taxonomy, tactics
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