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
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