Chapter 6 Syntax 句法学 6.1 Syntax：definition 定义 Syntax is a study of sentences:sentence structure and formation 句法学就是对句子的学习。 Syntax can be defined as the branch of linguistics that studies how the words of a language can be combined to make larger units, such as phrases, clauses and sentences. 语法可以被定义为语言学的分支研究语言的词汇如何被合并成更大的单位,比如短语和句子,从句。 It studies the interrelationships between elements of the sentence structure and the rules governing the production of sentences. 它研究句子中各种成分之间的关系。句法研究语言的句子结构。 Finite(有限的)number of words and small set of rules can create infinite number of sentences.有限的单词和少量规则能创造无穷尽的句子。 Syntactic knowledge: the intuition of a native speaker about how words are combined to be phrases and and how phrases are combined into sentences. 句法知识:说话者用直觉知道母语词汇如何结合成词组和短语如何组合成的句子。 6.2 Grammar，syntax and morphology 语法、句法学和形态学 Grammar ：“the knowledge and study of the morphological and syntactic regularities of a natural language. ”It excludes phonetics, phonology, semantics. 语法是关于自然语言形态规则和句法规则的知识和研究。它在语音学，音位学，语义学之外。 Grammar includes morphology and syntax.语法包括形态学和句法学。 1）Morphology studies the internal structures of words and word formation processes. 形态学是语法的一部分，是研究词语的内部结构和构词过程的语言学分支学科。 2）Syntax is concerned with the relationships between words and phrases within a sentence. 它研究句子中词和短句之间的关系。 句子用两种不同方式学习： Statically(静态的): we can describe the structures of sentences to illustrate the relationship among the elements of a sentence；我们可以描述句子结构之间的关系来说明句子的元素。 Dynamically（动态地）:we can study...
