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Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language

Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language. Stacy Feldstein, M.A.T. What is syntax?. " The part of grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of sentences and their structures..." (p. 118). The rules of syntax combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences.

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Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language

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  1. Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language Stacy Feldstein, M.A.T.

  2. What is syntax? " The part of grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of sentences and their structures..." (p. 118)

  3. The rules of syntax combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences.

  4. Arranging words to create meaning The Mad Hatter of Alice in Wonderland 1. I mean what I say. 2. I say what I mean.

  5. Grammatical relations of sentences What's the subject? What's the direct object? • How is the meaning different when word order changes? (p. 119)

  6. Grammatical or Ungrammatical? (p. 119) Rules of syntax are imbedded in our minds and guide us subconsciously to group words into meaningful phrases and sentences!

  7. Ambiguity p. 120-121 "The captain ordered all old men and women off the sinking ship."

  8. Structural Ambiguity p. 121

  9. Diagramming p. 124

  10. Diagramming, continued p. 130

  11. p.142

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