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    1. Syntax is a subfield of linguistics that studies the structure of sentences and the relationship between their component parts. 2. Languages have syntax because it allows speakers to manipulate sentences to convey different meanings and express all the meanings they need to communicate. 3. The basic parts of syntax are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections; and examples are provided of how each part is used in sentences.

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    1. Syntax is a subfield of linguistics that studies the structure of sentences and the relationship between their component parts. 2. Languages have syntax because it allows speakers to manipulate sentences to convey different meanings and express all the meanings they need to communicate. 3. The basic parts of syntax are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections; and examples are provided of how each part is used in sentences.

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    1. Syntax is a subfield of linguistics that studies the structure of sentences and the relationship between their component parts. 2. Languages have syntax because it allows speakers to manipulate sentences to convey different meanings and express all the meanings they need to communicate. 3. The basic parts of syntax are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections; and examples are provided of how each part is used in sentences.

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    SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO

    LINGUISTICS
    TEACHER: ANGIE GARVICH
    STUDENT: JACQUELINE HUAMANÍ
    What is Syntax?
    DEFINITION

    It is a subfield of Linguistics that


    studies the structure of sentences and
    the relationship of their component
    parts.
    Syntax also involves the format in which
    words and phrases are arranged to
    construct sentences.
    WORD ORDER

    Why do languages
    have Syntax?
    1 In English, the word order is pretty
    fixed (Subject + Verb + Complement)

    P R O M OT I O N A N D

    2
    D E M OT I O N P R O C E S S E S
    Speakers manipulate
    sentences in all sorts of It means that a word or phrase is
    ways because they're trying more prominent than others in the
    to convey different sentence.
    meanings. Syntax allows A L L L A N G U A G E S H AV E
    speakers to express all the
    STRUCTURE

    3
    meanings that they need to
    The words group together to form
    put across.
    phrases, and the phrases group
    together to form larger phrases
    and sentences.
    NOUNS
    Parts of Nouns are the basic building blocks of
    sentences. There are several

    Speech
    categories of nouns. There are common
    (cup, swimming) and proper nouns
    (Mary); concrete (yard, ball) and
    abstract nouns (love, beauty).

    Set of words and/or


    phrases in a language which
    VERBS
    share a significant number Verbs are words that show an action
    of common characteristics. (sing), occurrence (develop), or state
    of being (exist).
    ADJECTIVES ADVERBS
    Adverbs can modify verbs,
    Adjectives are words that modify or adjectives, and even other adverbs.
    describe nouns. (suitable, fashionable, (calmly, frankly, lightly, madly,
    normal, hopeful, playful, careful, quietly, tearfully)
    forgetful, hopeless, famous, tasty, etc.)

    ARTICLES
    PREPOSITIONS
    Words that are used with noun
    Prepositions are relation words; phrases to mark the
    they can indicate location, time, identifiability of the referents
    or other more abstract of the noun phrases. We have
    relationships. (behind, until, for, definite (the) and indefinite
    of, at). articles (a, an).
    PRONOUN INTERJECTION
    A pronoun is a word that is used instead of An interjection is a word added to a
    a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns refer to sentence to convey an emotion or a
    either a noun that has already been sentiment such as surprise, disgust,
    mentioned or to a noun that does not need joy, excitement, or enthusiasm
    to be named specifically. (He, she, him) (wow, hey, eh).

    CONJUCTION
    Conjunctions are used to join clauses, phrases, and
    words together for constructing sentences.
    Conjunctions make a link between/among words or
    groups of words to other parts of the sentence and
    show a relationship between/among them (and, but, or).
    Parts of
    NOUNS:
    1. Oxygen is essential to human life.

    Speech:
    2. The jury is dining on take-out
    chicken tonight.

    Examples
    VERBS:
    1. Dracula bites his victims on the
    neck.
    2. In early October, Giselle will
    plant twenty tulip bulbs.
    ADJECTIVES: PREPOSITIONS:
    1. The small boat foundered 1. The book is on the table.
    on the wine dark sea
    2. The dog is hiding under the porch
    2. The back room was filled because it knows it will be punished
    with large, yellow rain boots. for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

    ADVERBS: ARTICLES:
    1. The midwives waited patiently 1. Let’s read the book!
    through a long labour. 2. When I was at the zoo, I saw an
    2. We urged him to dial the elephant.
    number quickly.
    PRONOUNS: INTERJECTIONS:
    1. You are surely the 1. The book is on the table.
    strangest child I have ever
    met. 2. The dog is hiding under the porch
    2. We will meet at the because it knows it will be punished
    library at 3:30 p.m. for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

    CONJUCTIONS:
    1. Lilacs and violets are usually
    purple.
    2. I really need to go to work, but I
    am too sick to drive.
    Parts of Speech
    VERB
    Stop!

    NOUN VERB
    John works.

    NOUN VERB NOUN


    She loves Animals.
    Parts of Speech
    NOUN VERB NOUN ADVERB
    Tara speaks English well.

    NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE NOUN


    Tara speaks good English.

    PRONOUN VERB PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN ADVERB


    She ran to the station quickly.
    Parts of Speech
    PRON. VERB ADJ. NOUN CONJUCTION PRON. VERB PRON.
    She likes big snakes but I hate them.

    INTERJECTION PRON. CONJ. DET. ADJ. NOUN VERB PREP. NOUN


    Well, she and my young John walk to school.
    Bibliography
    McIntyre, A. (n.d.). Fundamentals of English Syntax.

    Radford, A. (2009). English Syntax: An Introduction.


    Cambridge University Press.

    Wekker, H. & Haegeman (1989). A Modern Course in English


    Syntax. Routledge.

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