英语语言学_Chapter_4_syntax(1)[1](精品·公开课件).pptVIP

* syntax Definition Syntax is the study of how sentences are structured or how words are combined with others to form sentences and in what order. Traditional definition Early scholars often depended on the use of punctuation or a semantic criterion---the expression of a complete thought Structuralist Definition An independent linguistic form not included by some grammatical marks in any other linguistic form---it is not subordinated to a larger linguistic form. It is structurally independent linguistic form. He didn’t come until it was quite dark. Example Constituent St