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Modern English Grammar
English 2126
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The Major Principles of Syntax

This slide presentation illustrates three major grammatical properties that allow humans to recognize constituency and grammatical structure in language — the lexicon, morphology, and word order.

   

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The Table of Contents for this Slide Presentation

The Major Principles of Syntax
The Three Components of Syntax
Role of Lexicon in Syntax
The Elements of the Lexicon
The Role of Word Order
The Grammatical Roles in Word Order
The Semantic Roles in Word Order
Interplay of Grammatical & Semantic Roles
Marked Word Order & ‘Point of View’
Marked Word Order & ‘Emphasis’
The Role of Morphology
Function Words & Syntax
Examples of Function Words
Grammatical Morphemes & Syntax
Grammatical Inflections in Nouns
Grammatical Inflections in Verbs
Grammatical Inflections in Adjectives & Adverbs
All the Elements of Syntax
The Entire Syntax System in Concert
Finding Nouns in A Clockwork Orange
Finding Verbs in A Clockwork Orange
Finding Modifiers in A Clockwork Orange
In Summary
‘Doing Syntax; Doing Linguistics’







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