Syntax

Syntax

1. Structural Linguistics= traditional grammar = Syntax

2. Study of the structure of phrases and sentences

3. Deep Structure

   • Active Voice

4. Surfaruce Structure

   • Passive Voice

5. Recursion

   • It is possible to repeat or add words, elements or phrases to an utterance for as long as it still makes sense

6. Tree Diagrams

   • Symbols used
     • S= Sentence // NP= Noun phrase //VP= Verbal Phrase // V= Verb // N=Noun // PN= Proper Noun // Pro= Pronoun // Art= Article // Adj= Adjective // Aux= Auxiliary // PP= Prepositional Phrase // Prep=preposition // Adv= Adverb // C= Complementizer // CP= Complementizer Phrase
   • Example:

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