20 Questions
What is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences called?
Syntax
What are the central concerns of syntax?
All of the above
What does the word 'syntax' originate from?
Greek roots meaning 'coordination'
Which is not considered a topic in the field of syntax?
Phonetics
What is an example of a topic that can be derived from another in syntax?
Word order from grammatical relations
What is the term for the order of the syntactic constituents of a language?
Linear order
What does word order typology study?
How different languages employ different orders
What are the primary word orders of interest in linguistics?
All of these
What do some languages rely on to convey grammatical information?
Word order
What can flexible word order be used to encode?
Topicalisation or focus
What is a copula in linguistics?
A word that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement
What is another term for a verb that is a copula?
Copulative verb
In which language do copulas show more resemblances to pronouns?
Classical Chinese
What form can a copula take in Korean, Beja, and Inuit languages?
A suffix attached to a noun
Which languages have more than one main copula?
Spanish, Portuguese and Thai
What does the Latin origin of the word 'copula' imply?
It implies a link or tie
What is the common term for a copula in English primary education grammar courses?
Linking verb
In which languages does a copula often resemble a pronoun?
Classical Chinese and Guarani
Which form does a copula take in Korean, Beja, and Inuit languages?
A suffix
Which languages have no main copula?
Not specified in the text
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