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What is the main focus of syntax in language?
What is the main focus of syntax in language?
- The types of functional relationships between words
- How sentences are constructed or arranged (correct)
- The nature of language
- The relationship between sound and meaning
What does Noam Chomsky believe about language?
What does Noam Chomsky believe about language?
- It is a system of contrast and equivalence (correct)
- It has a motivated relationship between sound and meaning
- It is concerned with linear string of words
- It is finite and not infinite
What does syntax primarily focus on in language?
What does syntax primarily focus on in language?
- The infinite utterances that can be generated
- Internal hierarchical structure (correct)
- The nature of language
- The relationship between sound and meaning
What is the subject-predicate relationship concerned with?
What is the subject-predicate relationship concerned with?
What does the concept of language as a system of contrast and equivalence pertain to?
What does the concept of language as a system of contrast and equivalence pertain to?
What does syntax primarily focus on in language?
What does syntax primarily focus on in language?
What is the subject-predicate relationship concerned with?
What is the subject-predicate relationship concerned with?
What does the concept of language as a system of contrast and equivalence pertain to?
What does the concept of language as a system of contrast and equivalence pertain to?
What does the main verb in a sentence refer to?
What does the main verb in a sentence refer to?
What is the nature of language concerned with?
What is the nature of language concerned with?
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Syntax
Syntax
The way sentences are built and organized.
Subject-Predicate Relationship
Subject-Predicate Relationship
The relationship between the noun phrase (NP) and the verb phrase (VP) in a sentence.
Lexical Verb
Lexical Verb
The main verb in a sentence.
Arbitrary Nature of Language
Arbitrary Nature of Language
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Language as a System of Contrast and Equivalence
Language as a System of Contrast and Equivalence
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Syntactic Structure
Syntactic Structure
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Internal Hierarchical Structure
Internal Hierarchical Structure
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Study Notes
Language and Grammar
- Language is a system of arbitrary symbols used for human communication.
- Grammar is a description of a language by means of a general definition of 'sentence' in that language, making language finite.
Lexical Category and Head
- Lexical category refers to the part of speech in which a word belongs (e.g. noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, or adposition/preposition).
- Head is the element that a phrase is centered on, and is one of the essential or obligatory elements in a phrase.
Phrase Structure
- A phrase is a group of words that functions as a unit in a sentence.
- In a phrase, when two nodes are immediately dominated by the same single node, it is called a branching structure (e.g. nodes B and C branch from A).
Types of Phrases
- A noun phrase is a phrase in which the head is a noun (e.g. "the young erudite professor").
- A prepositional phrase is a phrase in which the head is a preposition (e.g. "in the book").
Key Figures
- Ferdinand de Saussure was a linguist who contributed to the study of language and grammar.
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