1. The document provides an introduction to syntax, discussing related concepts like phonology, morphology, and grammar.
2. It defines syntax as the study of how words are combined into phrases, clauses, and sentences. The goals of syntax include analyzing sentence structure and enabling the conveyance of complex messages.
3. While syntax can seem dry, it is made more interesting through the interaction between teacher, course material, and student. Understanding syntax helps in comprehending meaning and applying linguistic rules.
This document discusses syntax, which is the study of grammatical relations between words and other units within sentences. It covers topics such as word order, sentence formation, syntactic categories, phrase structure rules, and sentence structure. Syntax examines the rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful sentences in different languages and how these rules can vary between languages, dialects, time periods, and social groups.
1. Phrase structure rules specify the well-formed structures of sentences by defining how phrases are formed using categories like noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP), and prepositional phrases (PP).
2. A phrase structure tree must match these rules to be grammatical. For example, a simple sentence follows the rule S → NP VP, where a noun phrase is followed by a verb phrase.
3. The document outlines phrase structure rules for English including how noun phrases can be expanded to include optional adjectives and prepositional phrases, and verb phrases can include optional noun phrases and prepositional phrases.
A semantic field refers to a set of words grouped by similar meanings that relate to a specific subject. It is a collection of related words used to describe a particular domain or topic. There are two main types of semantic fields - ordered fields, where the words are arranged in a specific sequence, and unordered fields with no fixed ordering. Semantic fields help build emotion in literature by providing subtle context clues and hints about upcoming events or ideas. A lexical field focuses more on how words affect each other in sentences, while a semantic field emphasizes the underlying meanings expressed by groups of words.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of ambiguity:
- Lexical ambiguity occurs when a word has more than one meaning depending on context.
- Homophones and homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.
- Polysemy is when a word has multiple related meanings.
- Metonymy is when one concept is used to represent another closely related concept.
- Structural ambiguity occurs when a phrase or sentence structure allows for multiple interpretations.
This Power Point presentation defines syntax and describes seven syntax rules for the English Language. The Presentation also discusses four issues English Language Learners find so difficult when it comes to learning and acquiring ESL.
An introduction to syntax
this power point presentation is actually made for group working in my campus, this task is given by Mr. Sudirman, our lecturer of English Department 13, Lampung University
The document discusses various processes of word formation in languages. It identifies 10 main processes: coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion, acronyms, affixation, and reduplication. Each process is explained with examples to illustrate how new words are created in a language through these different morphological processes.
This document provides an overview of the Minimalist Program (MP) proposed by Chomsky in 1993. It discusses the redundant and necessary levels of representation, including Logical Form and Phonetic Form. Principles like economy of derivation and economy of representation are explained. The document also covers topics like phrase structure, movements, feature checking, and the Full Interpretation Principle in MP. The conclusion states that MP aims to minimize theoretical concepts in syntax to achieve universality of grammar.
This document discusses syntax, which is the study of grammatical relations between words and other units within sentences. It covers topics such as word order, sentence formation, syntactic categories, phrase structure rules, and sentence structure. Syntax examines the rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful sentences in different languages and how these rules can vary between languages, dialects, time periods, and social groups.
1. Phrase structure rules specify the well-formed structures of sentences by defining how phrases are formed using categories like noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP), and prepositional phrases (PP).
2. A phrase structure tree must match these rules to be grammatical. For example, a simple sentence follows the rule S → NP VP, where a noun phrase is followed by a verb phrase.
3. The document outlines phrase structure rules for English including how noun phrases can be expanded to include optional adjectives and prepositional phrases, and verb phrases can include optional noun phrases and prepositional phrases.
A semantic field refers to a set of words grouped by similar meanings that relate to a specific subject. It is a collection of related words used to describe a particular domain or topic. There are two main types of semantic fields - ordered fields, where the words are arranged in a specific sequence, and unordered fields with no fixed ordering. Semantic fields help build emotion in literature by providing subtle context clues and hints about upcoming events or ideas. A lexical field focuses more on how words affect each other in sentences, while a semantic field emphasizes the underlying meanings expressed by groups of words.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of ambiguity:
- Lexical ambiguity occurs when a word has more than one meaning depending on context.
- Homophones and homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.
- Polysemy is when a word has multiple related meanings.
- Metonymy is when one concept is used to represent another closely related concept.
- Structural ambiguity occurs when a phrase or sentence structure allows for multiple interpretations.
This Power Point presentation defines syntax and describes seven syntax rules for the English Language. The Presentation also discusses four issues English Language Learners find so difficult when it comes to learning and acquiring ESL.
An introduction to syntax
this power point presentation is actually made for group working in my campus, this task is given by Mr. Sudirman, our lecturer of English Department 13, Lampung University
The document discusses various processes of word formation in languages. It identifies 10 main processes: coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, backformation, conversion, acronyms, affixation, and reduplication. Each process is explained with examples to illustrate how new words are created in a language through these different morphological processes.
This document provides an overview of the Minimalist Program (MP) proposed by Chomsky in 1993. It discusses the redundant and necessary levels of representation, including Logical Form and Phonetic Form. Principles like economy of derivation and economy of representation are explained. The document also covers topics like phrase structure, movements, feature checking, and the Full Interpretation Principle in MP. The conclusion states that MP aims to minimize theoretical concepts in syntax to achieve universality of grammar.
Phrase structure grammar models the internal structure of sentences in a hierarchical organization. It represents sentences as consisting of phrases, which are made up of words, which are made up of morphemes and phonemes. Phrase structure grammars use rewrite rules to break down syntactic structures into their constituent parts in a step-by-step manner. Deep structure represents the underlying meaning of a sentence, while surface structure is the actual form used. Transformational rules derive surface structure from deep structure.
Syntax is the study of sentence structure and the rules for constructing sentences, while grammar refers more broadly to the rules of a language, including syntax and morphology. Syntax examines what words go where in a sentence and the relationships between them. Grammar sets the standard for correct usage of a language through rules governing areas like agreement between words. Traditional grammar describes syntactic structures through categories like nouns and verbs, while generative grammar aims to provide rules for predicting grammatical sentences in a language.
The document defines key linguistic terms:
- A word is the smallest unit that can stand alone when pronounced, consisting of either a single morpheme like "rock" or multiple morphemes like "rocks".
- A lexeme is a set of forms taken by a single word, like "run", "runs", "ran", and "running" which are all forms of the lexeme "RUN".
- A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, for example "cat" and "-s" in "cats" where "cat" means the animal and "-s" indicates plural.
This document discusses wh-movement in language syntax. It defines wh-expressions as interrogative words like what, when, where, etc. Wh-movement refers to these expressions moving into the specifier position of the CP constituent. The CP comprises a head (C) and TP complement. Wh-expressions originate as verb complements and move to the front of the clause, preceding any inverted auxiliary. Wh-movement moves maximal projections and acts to satisfy the EPP feature of C, driving movement to the specifier of CP. Only one wh-expression can be preposed in multiple wh-questions due to the attract closest principle.
This document compares and contrasts phrase structure grammar and transformational generative grammar. It argues that transformational generative grammar is superior for several reasons: (1) it accounts for structural ambiguity and sentences with more than one interpretation, while phrase structure grammar can only analyze sentences in one way; (2) it can solve problems like the complex behavior of "there" using transformational rules; and (3) it recognizes the logical relations between sentences with similar structures, unlike phrase structure grammar. The conclusion is that transformational generative grammar, with its two-level analysis of deep and surface structures, provides a more powerful framework for linguistic analysis.
This document discusses Chomsky's theory of Generative-Transformational Grammar and its implications for English language teaching. It covers topics such as deep and surface structure, phrase structure and transformational rules, competence versus performance, and the power of Generative-Transformational Grammar to generate an infinite number of sentences from a finite set of rules. The document also examines some criticisms of this theory and its potential applications to English language instruction.
Morph: A morph is simply the phonetic representation of a morpheme, how the morpheme is said.
Morpheme: Smallest meaningful unit, cannot be further divided or analyzed
Allomorph: Allomorphs are different forms of the same morpheme, or basic unit of meaning.These can be different pronunciations or different spellings.
This document provides an overview of syntax and constituency. It begins by defining syntax as the study of rules governing how words are combined to form sentences. The class will cover syntactic structure and the rules that determine this structure. Phrase structure rules specify constituents and how they are ordered to form phrases. Syntactic trees provide a visual representation of constituents and their hierarchical structure. Rules can apply recursively to generate complex sentences. Deep structure refers to the underlying meaning of sentences that may have different surface structures. Structural ambiguity occurs when one surface structure has multiple possible deep structures.
This document provides an introduction to syntax from a lecture given at the University of Aden. It begins by discussing related linguistic concepts like grammar and morphology. Grammar is defined as the mental representation of a speaker's linguistic competence, while morphology examines word structure and formation. Syntax is then defined as the study of how words are combined in an orderly manner to form phrases, clauses and sentences. The goals of syntax are outlined, such as illustrating patterns of language and analyzing sentence structure. The document concludes by noting that syntax establishes rules based on traditional grammar and requires recalling information over time.
Morphology is the study of word structure and formation. It involves breaking words down into smaller meaningful units called morphemes, which can be free or bound. Free morphemes can stand alone as words, while bound morphemes need to be attached to other morphemes to form words. There are several types of morphemes and word formation processes, including affixes, roots, stems, coinages, borrowing, calquing, and clipping. Morphological analysis involves identifying the morphemes within words.
The document discusses different types of morphemes and their functions in English word formation. It defines morphemes as the minimal units of meaning that combine to form words. There are different types of morphemes including bound morphemes (prefixes, suffixes), free morphemes, root morphemes, derivational morphemes, and inflectional morphemes. The document also discusses how words are formed by combining morphemes and provides examples to illustrate the different types of morpheme combinations.
Morphology is the study of word structure and formation. It analyzes the morphemic structure of words. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, and words can consist of free morphemes that can stand alone or bound morphemes that cannot. There are two main types of bound morphemes: derivational morphemes that change a word's meaning or class, and inflectional morphemes that change grammatical information without altering meaning. Words are formed through processes like affixation, compounding, reduplication, blending, and others. Understanding morphology helps with reading comprehension and vocabulary development.
grammaticality, deep & surface structure, and ambiguityDedew Deviarini
This document discusses English morphology and syntax. It covers several key topics:
1. What is syntax and syntactic structure, including parts of speech and phrase structure.
2. The difference between deep and surface structure, where deep structure is the underlying form and surface structure is the actual form after transformations.
3. Grammaticality, which refers to sentences that follow syntactic rules rather than other factors like meaning or truth.
4. Types of ambiguities, including lexical ambiguities due to ambiguous words, and structural ambiguities due to multiple possible syntactic trees.
This document discusses open class words, specifically nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides definitions and examples of each part of speech. Nouns can be common or proper, count or non-count. Verbs can be regular, irregular, transitive or intransitive. Adjectives modify nouns and can occur before or after the noun. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs and usually end in "-ly". Open class words are content words that can be freely added to the language.
This document appears to be about an office setting. No other context or details are provided within the single word "OFFICE". The summary can only state that the topic of the document relates to an office environment but lacks any other informative or descriptive content to further summarize.
Traditional grammar refers to the prescriptive rules of grammar commonly taught in schools, which are largely based on Latin grammar rather than modern linguistic research. It focuses on distinguishing "correct" versus "incorrect" language usage according to established standards. While traditional grammar aims to perpetuate proper language, it lacks a theoretical framework and is inadequate for describing all languages. However, it remains widely used in language education due to its influence on educational systems.
This document discusses Case Theory and Binding Theory within the framework of Government and Binding Theory. It provides three key points:
1. Case Theory explains how case is assigned in sentences, distinguishing between structural case assigned by verbs and prepositions, and inherent case assigned to specific arguments. Principles of Case Theory like the Case Filter ensure DPs receive case.
2. Binding Theory defines the distribution of anaphors, pronouns, and R-expressions based on their binding properties and principles of locality. It interacts with movement and empty categories left by movement.
3. Together, Case Theory and Binding Theory are part of the overall GB model and operate at a representational level beyond D-structure and S
The document discusses morphology, which is the study of word forms and formation. It defines morphemes as the smallest units of meaning or function. Words can be composed of one or more free or bound morphemes. It also discusses derivational and inflectional morphemes, and how they differ in terms of meaning and category changes. Examples are provided to illustrate morphological concepts.
This document discusses the field of lexicography, which involves both the theoretical and practical aspects of dictionary making. It defines lexicography and outlines its history, providing examples of early dictionaries. It also describes the types of lexicography as either practical (involving compilation and editing) or theoretical (analyzing semantic relations and developing dictionary structure theories). Finally, it discusses the various stages involved in practical lexicography, such as acquiring lexicon entries, structuring information, writing entries, and updating/archiving entries.
This document provides an overview of Module 1 of the California Teachers of English Learners (CTEL) program, which focuses on language and language development. It covers key topics like language structure and use, first and second language development, factors affecting language development, and analyzing oral and written discourse. The document lists learning objectives for each section and provides guidance for students to evaluate their existing knowledge and make predictions about upcoming content.
Linguistics Theories MPB 2014 Progressive-edu.comHono Joe
This document discusses several key theories and approaches in linguistics, including traditional grammar, structural linguistics, and transformational grammar. It provides examples analyzing the sentence "The woman was in front of the car" using each approach. Structural linguistics analyzes the constituents and relations in a sentence, focusing on form over meaning. Transformational grammar generates grammatical rules and transformations between deep and surface structures. The document also briefly outlines some core fields in linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
Phrase structure grammar models the internal structure of sentences in a hierarchical organization. It represents sentences as consisting of phrases, which are made up of words, which are made up of morphemes and phonemes. Phrase structure grammars use rewrite rules to break down syntactic structures into their constituent parts in a step-by-step manner. Deep structure represents the underlying meaning of a sentence, while surface structure is the actual form used. Transformational rules derive surface structure from deep structure.
Syntax is the study of sentence structure and the rules for constructing sentences, while grammar refers more broadly to the rules of a language, including syntax and morphology. Syntax examines what words go where in a sentence and the relationships between them. Grammar sets the standard for correct usage of a language through rules governing areas like agreement between words. Traditional grammar describes syntactic structures through categories like nouns and verbs, while generative grammar aims to provide rules for predicting grammatical sentences in a language.
The document defines key linguistic terms:
- A word is the smallest unit that can stand alone when pronounced, consisting of either a single morpheme like "rock" or multiple morphemes like "rocks".
- A lexeme is a set of forms taken by a single word, like "run", "runs", "ran", and "running" which are all forms of the lexeme "RUN".
- A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, for example "cat" and "-s" in "cats" where "cat" means the animal and "-s" indicates plural.
This document discusses wh-movement in language syntax. It defines wh-expressions as interrogative words like what, when, where, etc. Wh-movement refers to these expressions moving into the specifier position of the CP constituent. The CP comprises a head (C) and TP complement. Wh-expressions originate as verb complements and move to the front of the clause, preceding any inverted auxiliary. Wh-movement moves maximal projections and acts to satisfy the EPP feature of C, driving movement to the specifier of CP. Only one wh-expression can be preposed in multiple wh-questions due to the attract closest principle.
This document compares and contrasts phrase structure grammar and transformational generative grammar. It argues that transformational generative grammar is superior for several reasons: (1) it accounts for structural ambiguity and sentences with more than one interpretation, while phrase structure grammar can only analyze sentences in one way; (2) it can solve problems like the complex behavior of "there" using transformational rules; and (3) it recognizes the logical relations between sentences with similar structures, unlike phrase structure grammar. The conclusion is that transformational generative grammar, with its two-level analysis of deep and surface structures, provides a more powerful framework for linguistic analysis.
This document discusses Chomsky's theory of Generative-Transformational Grammar and its implications for English language teaching. It covers topics such as deep and surface structure, phrase structure and transformational rules, competence versus performance, and the power of Generative-Transformational Grammar to generate an infinite number of sentences from a finite set of rules. The document also examines some criticisms of this theory and its potential applications to English language instruction.
Morph: A morph is simply the phonetic representation of a morpheme, how the morpheme is said.
Morpheme: Smallest meaningful unit, cannot be further divided or analyzed
Allomorph: Allomorphs are different forms of the same morpheme, or basic unit of meaning.These can be different pronunciations or different spellings.
This document provides an overview of syntax and constituency. It begins by defining syntax as the study of rules governing how words are combined to form sentences. The class will cover syntactic structure and the rules that determine this structure. Phrase structure rules specify constituents and how they are ordered to form phrases. Syntactic trees provide a visual representation of constituents and their hierarchical structure. Rules can apply recursively to generate complex sentences. Deep structure refers to the underlying meaning of sentences that may have different surface structures. Structural ambiguity occurs when one surface structure has multiple possible deep structures.
This document provides an introduction to syntax from a lecture given at the University of Aden. It begins by discussing related linguistic concepts like grammar and morphology. Grammar is defined as the mental representation of a speaker's linguistic competence, while morphology examines word structure and formation. Syntax is then defined as the study of how words are combined in an orderly manner to form phrases, clauses and sentences. The goals of syntax are outlined, such as illustrating patterns of language and analyzing sentence structure. The document concludes by noting that syntax establishes rules based on traditional grammar and requires recalling information over time.
Morphology is the study of word structure and formation. It involves breaking words down into smaller meaningful units called morphemes, which can be free or bound. Free morphemes can stand alone as words, while bound morphemes need to be attached to other morphemes to form words. There are several types of morphemes and word formation processes, including affixes, roots, stems, coinages, borrowing, calquing, and clipping. Morphological analysis involves identifying the morphemes within words.
The document discusses different types of morphemes and their functions in English word formation. It defines morphemes as the minimal units of meaning that combine to form words. There are different types of morphemes including bound morphemes (prefixes, suffixes), free morphemes, root morphemes, derivational morphemes, and inflectional morphemes. The document also discusses how words are formed by combining morphemes and provides examples to illustrate the different types of morpheme combinations.
Morphology is the study of word structure and formation. It analyzes the morphemic structure of words. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, and words can consist of free morphemes that can stand alone or bound morphemes that cannot. There are two main types of bound morphemes: derivational morphemes that change a word's meaning or class, and inflectional morphemes that change grammatical information without altering meaning. Words are formed through processes like affixation, compounding, reduplication, blending, and others. Understanding morphology helps with reading comprehension and vocabulary development.
grammaticality, deep & surface structure, and ambiguityDedew Deviarini
This document discusses English morphology and syntax. It covers several key topics:
1. What is syntax and syntactic structure, including parts of speech and phrase structure.
2. The difference between deep and surface structure, where deep structure is the underlying form and surface structure is the actual form after transformations.
3. Grammaticality, which refers to sentences that follow syntactic rules rather than other factors like meaning or truth.
4. Types of ambiguities, including lexical ambiguities due to ambiguous words, and structural ambiguities due to multiple possible syntactic trees.
This document discusses open class words, specifically nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides definitions and examples of each part of speech. Nouns can be common or proper, count or non-count. Verbs can be regular, irregular, transitive or intransitive. Adjectives modify nouns and can occur before or after the noun. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs and usually end in "-ly". Open class words are content words that can be freely added to the language.
This document appears to be about an office setting. No other context or details are provided within the single word "OFFICE". The summary can only state that the topic of the document relates to an office environment but lacks any other informative or descriptive content to further summarize.
Traditional grammar refers to the prescriptive rules of grammar commonly taught in schools, which are largely based on Latin grammar rather than modern linguistic research. It focuses on distinguishing "correct" versus "incorrect" language usage according to established standards. While traditional grammar aims to perpetuate proper language, it lacks a theoretical framework and is inadequate for describing all languages. However, it remains widely used in language education due to its influence on educational systems.
This document discusses Case Theory and Binding Theory within the framework of Government and Binding Theory. It provides three key points:
1. Case Theory explains how case is assigned in sentences, distinguishing between structural case assigned by verbs and prepositions, and inherent case assigned to specific arguments. Principles of Case Theory like the Case Filter ensure DPs receive case.
2. Binding Theory defines the distribution of anaphors, pronouns, and R-expressions based on their binding properties and principles of locality. It interacts with movement and empty categories left by movement.
3. Together, Case Theory and Binding Theory are part of the overall GB model and operate at a representational level beyond D-structure and S
The document discusses morphology, which is the study of word forms and formation. It defines morphemes as the smallest units of meaning or function. Words can be composed of one or more free or bound morphemes. It also discusses derivational and inflectional morphemes, and how they differ in terms of meaning and category changes. Examples are provided to illustrate morphological concepts.
This document discusses the field of lexicography, which involves both the theoretical and practical aspects of dictionary making. It defines lexicography and outlines its history, providing examples of early dictionaries. It also describes the types of lexicography as either practical (involving compilation and editing) or theoretical (analyzing semantic relations and developing dictionary structure theories). Finally, it discusses the various stages involved in practical lexicography, such as acquiring lexicon entries, structuring information, writing entries, and updating/archiving entries.
This document provides an overview of Module 1 of the California Teachers of English Learners (CTEL) program, which focuses on language and language development. It covers key topics like language structure and use, first and second language development, factors affecting language development, and analyzing oral and written discourse. The document lists learning objectives for each section and provides guidance for students to evaluate their existing knowledge and make predictions about upcoming content.
Linguistics Theories MPB 2014 Progressive-edu.comHono Joe
This document discusses several key theories and approaches in linguistics, including traditional grammar, structural linguistics, and transformational grammar. It provides examples analyzing the sentence "The woman was in front of the car" using each approach. Structural linguistics analyzes the constituents and relations in a sentence, focusing on form over meaning. Transformational grammar generates grammatical rules and transformations between deep and surface structures. The document also briefly outlines some core fields in linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.
This document provides an overview of topics covered in Module 1 of the California Teachers of English Learners exam, including language structure and development. It discusses the subsystems of language such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It also addresses factors that affect an English learner's language development like sociopolitical influences and the relationship between first and second language acquisition. Strategies are presented to help teachers address English learners' needs based on these linguistic concepts.
Language and Culture in intercultural communication.pptxHajajahsj
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Decoding word association 1 lexical dev within and mental lexicon for language 2Col Mukteshwar Prasad
Learning a language entails complex processes of learning, storing and accessing words within the mind. The mental space where this phenomena occurs has been called the mental lexicon.
The mental lexicon is a metaphor for the complex organizational system of the mind that allows learners to access information in a variety of ways.
All Indians do learn at least two languages one mother tongue and another English for job opportunities.Word Association Test is a Sub Conscious test in SSB. Hence understanding how these English words are stored in Mental Lexicon is important
Functional grammar is suitable for studying language variations because it models grammar as a set of options that speakers can choose from. It looks at how grammar is used to construct texts in their communicative context and how grammar organizes meaning. Functional grammar analyzes language in terms of experience, interaction, and message construction. It examines contributions to meaning at the clause, phrase and word levels. Several frameworks employ a functional approach, including Systemic Functional Grammar, Functional Discourse Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, and Role and Reference Grammar.
This document provides an overview of Module One of the CTEL exam, which covers language and language development. It discusses the key domains and subdomains assessed in the first part of the exam, including language structure, first and second language development, and the relationship between language and academic achievement. It then delves into the linguistic subsystems of language structure, covering topics like phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Throughout, it highlights how each subsystem can impact English language learners and inhibit communication if not properly understood.
Functional grammar analyzes language based on its communicative functions rather than formal rules. It views grammar as a set of options or choices used to construct texts and make meaning in different contexts. Functional grammar looks at various levels of language, including the clause, phrase, word class, and morpheme levels, to understand the resources used for analyzing experiences, interactions, and message construction. There are several frameworks that employ a functional approach, including systemic functional grammar, functional discourse grammar, and lexical functional grammar.
This document provides an introduction to feature theory, a theory within Chomsky's Minimalist Program framework. It focuses on the distinction between lexical and functional categories in grammar. The Sally Experiment is used to illustrate the difference between lexical and functional morphology. Lexical morphology conveys substantive meaning while functional morphology transmits grammatical information through inflections. The document is intended as a supplemental guide for undergraduate students and requires no prior knowledge of syntactic theory.
. . . all human languages do share the same structure. More e.docxadkinspaige22
The document discusses the Universal Grammar (UG) approach to linguistics and second language acquisition. It proposes that UG posits that all human languages share the same underlying structure and are constrained by a set of innate linguistic principles and parameters. The UG approach aims to describe the mental representation of language, explain how language is acquired, and characterize what knowledge of language consists of. For second language learning, UG may fully constrain the second language grammar, or UG constraints may be impaired or not apply.
. . . all human languages do share the same structure. More e.docxShiraPrater50
. . . all human languages do share the same structure. More explicitly: they have
essentially the same primitive elements and rules of composition . . . , although
of course there may be variations, such as the obvious ones derived from the
arbitrary association between sounds and meanings . . .
(Moro, 2016, p. 15)
3.1 Introduction
In this chapter, we start to consider individual theoretical perspectives on
L2 learning in greater detail. Our first topic is the Universal Grammar (UG)
approach (the generative linguistics approach), developed by the American
linguist Noam Chomsky and numerous followers over the last few decades.
This has been the most influential linguistic theory in the field, and has
inspired a wealth of publications (for full-length treatments, see Hawkins,
2001; Herschensohn, 2000; Lardiere, 2007; Leung, 2009; Slabakova, 2016;
Snape & Kupisch, 2016; Thomas, 2004; White, 2003; Whong, Gil, & Mars-
den, 2013).
The main aim of linguistic theory is twofold: firstly, to characterize what
human languages are like (descriptive adequacy), and, secondly, to explain
why they are that way (explanatory adequacy). In terms of L2 acquisition,
a linguistic approach sets out to describe the evolving language produced
by L2 learners, and to explain its characteristics. UG is therefore a prop-
erty theory (as defined in Chapter 1); that is, it attempts to characterize
the underlying linguistic knowledge in L2 learners’ minds. In contrast, a
detailed examination of the learning process itself (transition theory) will
be the main concern of the cognitive approaches which we describe in
Chapters 4 and 5.
First in this chapter, we will give a broad definition of the aims of the
Chomskyan tradition in linguistic research, in order to identify the aspects
of second language acquisition (SLA) to which this tradition is most relevant.
Secondly, we will examine the concept of UG itself in some detail, and
finally we will consider its application in L2 learning research.
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3.2 Why a Universal Grammar?
3.2.1 Aims of Linguistic Research
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1. University of Aden
Faculty of Languages
Syntax
Lecture 1: Introduction to Syntax
Prof. Dr. Gamal M A Abdullah
E-mail: gamal133@yahoo.com
Oct. 2018
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2. Introduction to Syntax
Before defining what is meant by
syntax, it is of great importance
to introduce some aspects which
are interrelated with syntax
(interdisciplinary phenomena ).
Hence, the question arises here is:
Which language aspect is more
closed to syntax?
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3. Grammar
Before talking about the origin and
definition of grammar as a term, the
answers of the following introductory
questions should be clear to the learners
of syntax:
-Do we acquire grammar or learn it? / Is it
acquired or learnt?
-- When do humans start learning/
acquiring grammar?
-- What does grammar teach? / What do
you learn by grammar?
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4. How do children acquire grammar?
-- 6 months: Produce sounds as ‘ma’, ‘da’
etc. during the other 6 months gradually
developed to ‘mam’, ‘dad’.
-- 12-18 months: produce single content
words as mummy, milk, water, etc., but
not functional words (and, the, because
etc.). This stage is known as a one word
stage.
- 18-24: Produce two words together
making sentences like: want water/milk,
mum come. It is known as a two word
stage.
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5. - 24-30: Produce three and four words,
some are grammatically complete as:
Mother like tea. But functional words
are missed. This stage is known as a
three word stage.
- 36 months: Inflections and some
functional words are acquired like: -ing,
plural –s, articles, 3rd person singular,
past tense, auxiliaries etc.
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6. Therefore, grammar is acquired
by the age of three years with
some individual variation which
may arise among participants.
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7. Grammar
The word grammar came from old
French 'gramaire', French took it from
Latin " grammatice " and Latin
withdrew it from Greek "grammatikos "
meaning ‘letters or art of letters’.
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8. Grammar
Grammar can be defined as a mental
representation of a speaker‟s linguistic
competence.
It is what a speaker knows about the
language, including its phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics and lexicon.
(https://quizlet.com) 8
9. Grammar teaches , rules , in addition to that
it teaches how to use those rules in real life
communication (pragmatics) , further , it
teaches how to convey a clear meaning by
using a piece of language ( phrase , clause or
sentences , ) (semantics) . Furthermore ,
grammar, helps to diagonse/ analyse what is
hidden inside of a word ( morphology) ,
phrase , clause and sentence ( syntax ).
(Abdullah, 2018)
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As it is well known that the different aspects
of language are correlated to each other as
it has been explained in the previous
definition of grammar (it is what a speaker
knows about language including its
phonology, morphology, syntax etc.). In the
following discussion, we will use hierarchical
process i.e. starting from smaller units as
sounds (phonology) passing by large units as
words (morphology) and ending by larger
units as phrase, clause and sentence
(syntax).
11. Phonology is the study of the
patterns of sounds in a language and
across languages. Put more formally,
phonology is the study of the
categorical organisation of speech
sounds in languages; how speech
sounds are organised in the mind and
used to convey meaning.
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12. Phonemes are the meaningfully
different sound units in a language
(the smallest units of sound). For
example, „pat‟ and „bat‟ differ in
their first phoneme: the “p” and “b”.
Vowels are also phonemes, so “pat”
and “pet” differ by a phoneme, too.
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13. In short, phonology concerns with
the study of the sound structure of
letters (single as b, p, f,v etc.,
compound as ch, sh,ng, etc. and
groups as –tion, -ture,-sion etc.) The
next discussion will shed the light on
other aspect which starts from where
phonology ends:
What is it? 13
14. Morphology
Terminologically, the term „morphology‟
comes from Latin, it consists of two
parts:
Morph-: form/shape/structure
-(o)logy: science or branch of study
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15. Morphology
In biology, a branch of biology that
deals with the form and structure of
animals and plants.
It is the form and structure of an
organism or any of its parts
amphibian morphology external and
internal eye morphology 15
16. In linguistics, it is a study and
description of word formation (such
as inflection, derivation, and
compounding) in language.
Morphology is the study of how
words are formed out of smaller
units (called morphemes), and so
addresses questions such as:
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17. What are the component
morphemes of a word like
„terminology‟, and what is the
nature of the morphological
operations by which they are
combined together to form the
overall word? (Radford, 2009)
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18. Morphology is a study and description of
word formation (such as inflection,
derivation, and compounding) in
language. It concerns with the study of
the word structure not in its surface
forms as –s/-es, -d/-ed, -ing etc.
(inflection) and –ful/-less, -ness, -ry, -logy
etc. (derivation),
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19. but it goes more deeper to the inner
structure leading to comprehend (in-
depth understanding) the whole
meaning which is the overall task of a
language and its aspects (phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics and lexicon). Consider
the following:
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21. The previous terms appear difficult
and complicated, but they can be
comprehended easily by analysing
their structure and how they are
formed.
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22. Morphology is the exclusive agent to
do such process proceeding the
procedure of breaking down the
term into logical units and
understand the meaning of each part
reaching to the overall meaning of
the term as in the following:
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25. lapar(o )- : a part of belly closed to liver
- hyster(o)-: pertaining to the uterus
-salping(o)- : uterine tube
-oophor- : ovary
-ectomy : removing
Removing of the uterus (along with)
uterine tube and ovary via abdomen or
belly beneath liver.
Otorhinolaryngology
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As a result, morphology is
concerned with the study of word
structure in terms of their
constituent units. Syntax deals
with units of a much higher rank
than those which are studied in
morphology. In that sense, it can
be said that syntax begins from
where morphology ends. (Thakur,
2011)
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Therefore, there is a great
correlation between morphology
and syntax. In short, family
members of morphology (words)
are regarded as the blocks of
syntax in particular and a
language in general.
29. Terminologically, syntax can be anlayzed
in the following way:
syn-: derived from Latin, latin took it
from the Greek preposition „sun‟ means
„together‟
-tax: derived from Greek root means „to
put in order‟ , as a whole means putting
things together in an orderly manner.
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30. Syntax has to do with how
words are put together to build
phrases, with how phrases are
put together to build clauses or
bigger phrases, and with how
clauses are put together to
build sentences. (Miller, 2002)
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31. In the higher stage of syntax,
it concerns with analyzing the
structure of English sentence
starting by larger units i.e.
immediate parts
(constituents), thus can
include phrase, clause and
sentence and ending by
smaller units i.e. ultimate
constituents (words which can
be described as the blocks of a
language).
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32. One of the main roles of syntax is
to analyze the structure of the
sentence in order to discover the
hidden meaning(s). Consider the
following sentences:
- I can see a man with a
telescope.
- I can can the can with a canner.
- He said that that ‘that’ that that
man used was wrong.
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33. Goals of Syntax:
There are many reasons for
studying syntax, from general
humanistic or behavioral
motivations to much more
specific goals such as those in
the following:
- To help us to illustrate the
patterns of English more
effectively and clearly.
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34. - To enable us to analyze the
structure of English sentences in
a systematic and explicit way.
- One important goal of teaching
English syntax to undergraduate
students is to help students
enhance their understanding of
the structure of English in a
systematic and scientific way.
(Kim and Sells, 2008)
-- To enable human beings to
compose and convey complex
messages. (Miller, 2002)
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35. One of the linguistic scholars in
the University of Reading,
England used to define syntax
(syn-=sin and –tax=tax) as the
tax that we have to pay for the
sins that we, our fathers and
ancestors may have committed.
This definition is indicative of
the tough and dry discussion
because of its analytical nature
and lifeless examples (Thakur,
2011)
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36. Some trends claim that
grammar is interesting for
teachers, but boring for
students. Syntax is ………… for
both, but it can be very
interesting if it gets the
process of triangle interaction
between the three pillars
(teacher, course material and
student).
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37. Conclusion
Learning and practising English syntax
comprehensively encourage the
scholars to generate (create or
discover) new rules and formulate new
theories derived from results of proved
hypotheses and analytical processes of
the different structures of phrase,
clause and sentence (immediate,
intermediate, ultimate and null
constituents). Thus can be generalized
and applied in the study and use of a
language or languages.
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38. Further, it can lead to comprehend
thoroughly the deep structure and
convey smoothly the ambiguous
meaning of a phrase, clause, and
sentence which carries more than
one meaning or contradictory
meanings as in:
a- Visiting relatives is boring.
b- She loves me more than you.
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39. Syntax has particular properties which
characterized it from the other subjects
in the higher academic studies. First,
most of the syntactical rules are
generated based on either
confirmations or shortcomings of the
traditional grammar, therefore
syntacticians should gain a sufficient
background about the sources of
traditional grammar.
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40. Second, the syntactic rules and
analytical procedures of the different
constituents can be escaped (forgotten)
easily, hence recalling information from
time to time is necessary. Third, many
new rules are formed based on the
analytical and empirical analyses,
therefore the practitioners of syntax
should keep up with the new changes
and developments in the discipline of
syntax.
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41. References
Abdullah, G. M. A. (2018). A Course of Grammar for Medicine and
Health Sciences. Aden University Printing and Publishing House.
Kim, J. and Sells, P (2008). English Syntax: An Introduction. Center
for the Study of Language and Information.
Thakur, D. (2011). Linguistic Simplified Syntax. India: Bharati Bhawan
Publishers and Distributors.
Radford, A. (2009). Analysing English Sentences: A Minimalist
Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
https://quizlet.com
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