syntax

syntax

• how words are put together to form/organizes meaning

• Look at the rules and the patterns that guide sentence structure/ how different sentence types work

• Vd: understand why some sentences are correct and others are not

• Also, explain how a change in the order of words can change the meaning/ how parts of a sentence relate to each other

Major word classes

• called open classes

• Large categories that can easily accept a new words

• Include (N, V, Adj, Adv)

• Carry the main meaning in the sentence

• Express meaning

• Have referential meaning ( involve reference, actual things, events, actions)

• Are receptive to a new members

Minor word classes

• called close classes

• Rarely accept a new word

• Serve as a grammatical function > main meaning.

• Include prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and pronouns.

• Fix ( opposite of Major word classes) and provide structure in communication

grammatical categories

• features of word through grammar not only through meaning alone(vd)

• Know the words used in the sentence

• By looking at categories, we can see how the word marks time, relationship, quantity, or role in a sentence

Attributive

• appear before N and describe it

• Give information directly before N

• Part of Noun Phrase

• Give qualities ( đặc điểm)

Predicative

• appear after linking V and describe the subject

• comes in predicate and describe the subject

• Part of the clause predicted

• Both qualities but their position differs