language is a social, cultural and psychological phenomenon that serves the purpose of communication among human beings

1. ENGLISH SYNTAX I Bimestre Escuela: Inglés Nombres: Dra. María Rosario Burneo B. Fecha: Abril/Agosto 2009

2. FIRST PART UNITS I, II AND III

3. LANGUAGE language is a social, cultural and psychological phenomenon that serves the purpose of communication among human beings

4. 4 LINGUISTICS Linguistics can be defined as the study of human language in all its manifestations.

5. LINGUISTICS Linguistics focuses on different aspects of the language, such as: Word formation and inflection; (Morphology); Sounds (Phonology). Structure (Syntax). Meaning (Semantics), and The relationship between language use and society (Pragmatics ).

11. Core Sentence Patterns Core sentence patterns are basic strings of words that express meaning and have an associated structural description called Base Phrase Marker.

12. Core Sentence Patterns A Base Phrase Marker is a tree diagram used to show the structure of phrases, clauses and sentences in a graphic way. S NP VP Det. N V NP My son wants a car

13. The Five Core Patterns PATTERN ONE S = NP + VP intransitive + (Adv.P) Mike walks slowly Elizabeth runs

17. Pattern FOUR 2. S = NP + VP transitive + NP + NP He considers Bush a good person The first NP functions as the object and the second one as the complement. S = NP + VP transitive + NP + Adj.P Most boys consider soccer important. S = NP + VP + NP + Inf.P People consider politicians to be very bad

29. Elementary Noun Phrases 1. Elementary noun phrases introduced by determiners: This cat The moon 2. Elementary noun phrases introduced by genitives: Mike’s car Your house 3. Noun phrases introduced by quantity words: Some workers Much water

34. Modality Mood refers to the purpose of a sentence. It can be: - Indicative for statements - Interrogative for questions - Imperative for commands - Subjunctive for wishes - Conditional for possibility, certainty, obligation, necessity, promise or threat This book might become a best seller

36. Belief Modality The Belief (or epistemic) modality involves possibility, certainty, and necessity. I suppose that the children are hungry. It might rain tonight

37. UNIT THREE The Internal and External Syntax of Phrases Internal Syntax refers to the way words are put together to form phrases or clauses. External syntax refers to the function constituents (as phrases) might perform in a sentence or clause.

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