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What is syntax in linguistics?
What is syntax in linguistics?
- The study of phonetics
- The study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences (correct)
- The study of language acquisition in children
- The study of the history of language
What does the word 'syntax' come from?
What does the word 'syntax' come from?
- Germanic roots meaning 'language structure'
- Arabic origins signifying 'grammar rules'
- Latin origins meaning 'sequence'
- Ancient Greek roots: σύνταξις 'coordination', which consists of σύν syn, 'together', and τάξις táxis, 'ordering' (correct)
What is one of the central concerns of syntax?
What is one of the central concerns of syntax?
- Word order (correct)
- Syllable stress patterns
- Punctuation rules
- Vocabulary acquisition
What is the basic description of a language's syntax?
What is the basic description of a language's syntax?
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What percentage of languages usually place the subject first in a sentence?
What percentage of languages usually place the subject first in a sentence?
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What are the four basic sentence forms in English?
What are the four basic sentence forms in English?
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What do sentence functions in linguistics refer to?
What do sentence functions in linguistics refer to?
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What is the purpose of the optative sentence form in English?
What is the purpose of the optative sentence form in English?
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What is an example of a declarative form being used to ask a question?
What is an example of a declarative form being used to ask a question?
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What is the main difference between communicative and informative sentence functions?
What is the main difference between communicative and informative sentence functions?
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