syntax: the sentence patterns of language
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Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language. Stacy Feldstein, M.A.T. What is syntax?. " The part of grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of sentences and their structures..." (p. 118). The rules of syntax combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language
Stacy Feldstein, M.A.T.
" The part of grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of sentences and their structures..." (p. 118)
What is syntax?
The rules of syntax combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences.
The Mad Hatter of Alice in Wonderland
1. I mean what I say.2. I say what I mean.
Arranging words to create meaning
What's the subject?What's the direct object?• How is the meaning different when word
order changes?(p. 119)
Grammatical relations of sentences
(p. 119)
Grammatical or Ungrammatical?
Rules of syntax are imbedded in our minds and guide us subconsciously to group words into meaningful phrases and sentences!
p. 120-121
"The captain ordered all old men and women off the sinking ship."
Ambiguity
p. 121
Structural Ambiguity
p. 124
Diagramming
p. 130
Diagramming, continued
p.142
