Syntax

S Y N T A X

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So what is syntax?

This video about what is SYNTAX.

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                   Syntax is the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses and sentences).

In syntax, we will learn about :

a.    The phrase

A phrase ia a group of words which functions as a unit and with the exception of the verb phrase it self, does not contain a finite verb. A finite verb is one that can take as its subject a pronoun such as ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘he’, ‘she’,’it’, ‘they’.

     There are five commonly occuring types of phrase in English : noun phrases, adjectives phrases, verb phrases, adverb phrases, and preposition phrases.

b.    The clause

The clause is a group of words which contains a finite verb but which cannot occur in isolation, that is, a clause constitutes only part of a sentences.

In complex sentences, we have at least two clauses :

-       A main clause

-       Dependent clause/ subordinate

c.    The sentences

                each sentences is an independent linguistic form, not include by virtue of any grammatical construction in any larger linguistic form.

This video about how to draw  a syntax tree