英语语言学six(精品·公开课件).pptVIP

1.What are the main concerns of syntax? It’s the study of how sentences are structured. It tries to state what words can be combined with others to form sentences and in what order. 2.How do modern linguists differ from traditional scholars in defining “sentence”? Traditionaly scholars often depended on the use of punctuation or a semantic criterion---the expression of a complete thought---to define a sentence. They look at the sentence as the result of linking words together. Modern linguists define a sentence as an independent linguistic form not included by some gramm