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Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language

Syntax refers to the rules and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including word order. It comes from Greek terms meaning "together" and "ordering". Syntax determines the correct order of elements in a sentence, such as subject-verb-object in English. Changing the word order can make a sentence grammatically incorrect, though still understandable. The rules of syntax specify how phrases are combined into sentences.

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Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language

Syntax refers to the rules and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including word order. It comes from Greek terms meaning "together" and "ordering". Syntax determines the correct order of elements in a sentence, such as subject-verb-object in English. Changing the word order can make a sentence grammatically incorrect, though still understandable. The rules of syntax specify how phrases are combined into sentences.

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Chapter 4

Syntax: The Sentence


Patterns of Language
 WHAT IS SYNTAX?
 
 The word syntax comes from Ancient Greek:
"coordination", which consists of syn, "together,"
and táxis, "an ordering".

 Syntax is the set of rules, principles, and


processes that govern the structure of sentences
in a given language, usually including word order.

"Syntax is the part of grammar that represents a


speaker's knowledge of sentences and their
structures.“
WORD ORDER

The rules of syntax are the combination between


phrases and phrases into the same sentence; indicating
the correct order of the sentence, for example in
English language the correct order for a sentence is
SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT, if you change the order, the
sentences will no have sense, and it will be
grammatically incorrect, the people will understand you
but it is not the correct form.
 

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