Syntax

What is Syntax?

• Syntax is the part of linguistics that studies the meaning of linguistic expressions.

• Syntax is the part of linguistics that studies the rules governing the inflection, composition and derivation of words.

• Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases in a specific order.

If you change the position of even one word, it’s possible to change the meaning of the entire sentence.

• True.

• False.

Once of the basic rules of syntax said that all sentences require a subject and a verb. However, imperative sentences (commands) do not need to include their subject because it’s assumed to be the person the sentence is directed at.

• False

• True

There are three types of complements, which are:

• Subject complements, object complements, and adverbial complements.

• Subject complements, complex complements, and compound complements.

What are the types of syntagms, lexical category, lexical category, etc?

• Subject, verb, adverb, pronoun, conjunction.

• Pronoun, interjection, adjective, adverb, adverb, noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition.

• Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition.

If the verb is transitive and uses a direct object, the direct object always comes after or before the verb?

• Subject → verb → direct object.

• Verb→ subject → direct object.

• Direct object → verb → subject.

Mention 4 types of sentence structures that represent the clauses and subordinates.

• Simple, complex, compound, compound/complex.

• Simple, subject, verb, compound.

• Subject, adverb, direct, indirect.

One difference between syntax and diction is that diction deals with the arrangement or order of words and syntax uses different words with similar meanings.

• True.

• False.

Writers make use of parallelism in the literature of syntax?

• True.

• False.

Who said this phrase "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth"?

• Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.

• Henry David Thoreau, Walden.

• William Shakespeare, As You Like It.