语言学教案Chapter 4 Syntax.docVIP

Chapter 4 Syntax QUESTION: What is “syntax”? Syn-(together) + -tax(to arrange) arrangement SYNTAX: the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language, or simply, the study of the formation of sentences 4.1 The traditional approach Basic assumptions: (1) Sentence: a sequence of words (2) Study of sentence formation (syntax) study of words categories: parts of speech, functions (e.g. subject, object), properties of units (e.g. noun: categories of number, gender, case; verb: categories of tense, aspect, voice) Representative: Bloomfield 4