Theoretical English Grammar. Part 2. Syntax. Бочарова М.В. - 5 стр.

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PART 1. PHRASE SYNTAX
1.1. TOPIC OUTLINE
SYNTAX AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS
o Syntax as part of grammar.
o The subject matter of Syntax. Syntax deals with combinability of words, i.e.
how words are combined to make meaningful utterances, what patterns they
combine on, and what abstract grammatical meaning they express.
o The main objectives of Syntax are:
1) to study relations between words within word combinations;
2) to study the sentence as a structural unit which communicates a message in a
definite situation.
o The units of syntactic analysis are the sentence and the phrase. They repre-
sent different levels of a hierarchy.
o From the constructive point of view both the sentence and the phrase are
groups of elements related with each other and organised in a definite way.
o In most respects, however, the sentence and the phrase differ.
the sentence the phrase
– expresses a ‘complete thought’
– Has a nominative function – is a
name of a type of real life situations/
– Doesn’t express a ‘complete
thought’
– Has a nominative function – is a
complex name of discrete objects of
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                          PART 1. PHRASE SYNTAX


                              1.1. TOPIC OUTLINE


                 SYNTAX AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS
o Syntax as part of grammar.


o The subject matter of Syntax. Syntax deals with combinability of words, i.e.
how words are combined to make meaningful utterances, what patterns they
combine on, and what abstract grammatical meaning they express.


o The main objectives of Syntax are:
1) to study relations between words within word combinations;
2) to study the sentence as a structural unit which communicates a message in a
definite situation.


o The units of syntactic analysis are the sentence and the phrase. They repre-
sent different levels of a hierarchy.


o From the constructive point of view both the sentence and the phrase are
groups of elements related with each other and organised in a definite way.


o In most respects, however, the sentence and the phrase differ.
          the sentence                                      the phrase
 – expresses a ‘complete thought’              – Doesn’t express a ‘complete
                                               thought’
 – Has a nominative function – is a            – Has a nominative function – is a
 name of a type of real life situations/       complex name of discrete objects of


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