A Course in Syntax Lessons 1-8
A Course in Syntax Lessons 1-8
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محتويات الدورة
What is“ Syntax”?
What is the difference between grammar and syntax?
What is the Tree Diagram
What do we mean by Constituents?
Symbols Used in Syntactic Analysis
Abbreviations in Syntactic Analysis
Types of Phrases:
Noun Phrase
Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Content
Basic Phrase Structure Rules
Complement Phrases
Movement Rules
Ambiguity
Recursion
X-bar theory
Transformational – Generative Grammar
Surface structure vs. Deep Structure
Lesson 1
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Content
• What is“ Syntax”?
• What is the difference between grammar and syntax?
What is“ Syntax”?
1. Word order :
I want these books.
*want these I books.
3. Declarative
. "John works hard."
This is the normal order in a declarative sentence when you
want to convey his hard work.
4. Interrogative
"Does John work hard?“
Syntax
5. Exclamatory
6. Emphatic
1. He works hard.
He does work hard.
2. She never commits mistakes.
Never does she commit mistakes.
What is“ Syntax”?
Grammar refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes
phonology, morphology, and syntax, often complemented by phonetics,
semantics, and pragmatics. ( Wikipedia)
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Lesson 2
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• Symbols Used in Syntactic Analysis
• Abbreviations in Syntactic Analysis
• What is a Tree Diagram
• What do we mean by constituents?
Symbols Used in
Syntactic Analysis
1. An arrow → = consists of
e.g. NP → Art+ N / the cat
9. Aux= auxiliary
NP VP
Det N v NP
art Det N
The boy ate his apple
Constituents in a Tree Diagram
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constituents of Phrases
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Lesson 3
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Types of Phrases:
Noun Phrase
Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Basic Phrase Structure Rules
Types of Phrases
A phrase: is a sequence of words or a group of words arranged in a
grammatical construction, and functions as a unit in a sentence.
e.g. The old man ( NP)
very happy ( AdjP)
There are 5 common types of phrases:
1.Noun Phrase (NP)
A noun phrase refers to a phrase that is built upon a
noun which functions as the headword of the phrase.
Example:
The smart girl bought a book from a tall man.
( NP) (NP) (NP)
Types of Phrases
2. Verb Phrase (VP)
A verb phrase refers to a phrase that is composed of at
least one verb and its dependents in which the verb
functions as the headword of the phrase.
Example
The boy has been playing and he found a doll.
( VP) (VP)
Types of Phrases
3. Adjective Phrase ( AdjP)
An adjective phrase refers to a phrase that modifies a
noun. It is built upon an adjective which functions as
the headword of the phrase
Example
She is extremely happy today and much happier than before.
( AdjP) ( AdjP)
Types of Phrases
4. Prepositional Phrase( PP)
A prepositional phrase refers to a phrase that begins
with a preposition, in which the preposition functions
as the headword of the phrase
Example
The man in the black coat arrived by plane last night.
(PP) (PP)
Types of Phrases
5. Adverb Phrase ( AdvP)
An adverb phrase refers to a phrase that often tells us
when, where, why and how an event occurred , in
which the adverb functions as the headword of the
phrase
Example
Ali spoke English very quickly in the party last year.
( AdvP) ( AdvP)
Basic Phrase Structure Rules
Example on
Basic Phrase Structure Rules
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Lesson 4
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Tree Diagrams:
1.S → NP → N VP →V
2.S → NP → Det N VP →V
3.S → NP → Det Adj N VP →V
4. S → NP → Det Adj N VP →V NP → N
5. S → NP → Det Adj N VP →V NP → Det N
6. S → NP → N VP →V NP → Det N PP → P NP →N
Tree Diagram- 1
S → NP → N VP →V
Birds fly
Tree Diagram-1
NP VP
N v
Birds fly
Tree Diagram- 2
S → NP → Det N VP →V
The birds fly
Tree Diagram-2
NP VP
Det N v
Art
S → NP → Det Adj N VP →V
NP VP
Det Adj N v
art
The small birds fly
Tree Diagram-4
S → NP → Det Adj N VP →V NP → N
NP VP
Det Adj N v NP
art N
The small birds eat seeds
Tree Diagram-5
NP VP
Det Adj N v NP
art Det N
The small birds eat the seeds
Tree Diagram-6
S → NP → N VP →V NP → Det N PP → P NP →N
NP VP
N v NP PP
N p NP
Birds eat seeds at N
home
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Lesson 5
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Tree Diagrams:
1. Auxiliary Verbs
Modal verbs ( can, could, should, must etc.)
2. Verbs to be
Continuous ( is driving, are playing etc.)
Perfect ( have gone, has done etc.)
2. Adverbs
Frequency ( Always, often, usually, sometimes, never etc.)
Manner ( slowly, quickly, carefully etc.)
Time ( soon, lately, recently, eventually, early, late etc.)
Tree Diagrams
Aux.
Modals
Tree Diagrams
NP Aux VP
N v NP
N
Birds must eat seeds
Tree Diagrams
Aux. ( modal)
Aux.
Continuous &
Perfect
Tree Diagrams
Aux. ( Continuous)
NP VP
N Adv
Det Aux v
The man was driving fast
Tree Diagrams
Aux. ( Perfect)
Adverbs
Tree Diagrams
Adverb of Frequency
NP VP
N V NP Adv
Det N
The man eats fish carefully
Tree Diagrams
Adverb of Time
AUX VP
NP V V NP
He has been writing a letter.
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Lesson 6
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Tree Diagrams:
1. ”Complement” definition
Complementizer ( that, whether, if etc.)
2. “Adjunct” definition
3. Ambiguity
Tree Diagrams
Complement
Phrases
Complement Definition
A complement is a word, phrase or clause that is
necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression.
A Complementizer
•The label complementizer refers to that part of speech which includes
the words which introduce complement clauses. Examples
are that and whether. If is also a complementizer when it means whether.
1.She said that she wasn’t coming.
2.I don’t know whether she will come.
3.She asked me if I was coming.
Complement Vs. Adjunct
•Complements are not optional. You can’t remove
them from your sentence. They are essential to ensure
understanding.
•Adjuncts are optional as they are usually just
descriptive. They give extra information.
Examples:
1. I said that Riyadh is the capital of KSA. ( complement)
(That clause- Noun Clause)
2. Riyadh that is the capital of KSA is a big city. (Adjunct)
Adjective Clause
Complement Phrase
Complement Phrases
NP VP
Ahmad knows that Sami helped Khalid
V CP ( complement Phrase)
knows that Sami helped Khalid
C S
that Sami helped Khalid
Complement Phrases
Example
Tree Diagrams
Structural Ambiguity
Structural Ambiguity
Movement Rules
Movement Definition and Types
Movement is an operation that was introduced by transformational
theories of generative grammar to characterize so-called
displacement phenomena, as seen in:
ظواهر اإلزاحة
Mary will help John.
wh-questions like “Who will Mary help__ ?”
Mary helped John.
passive sentences like “John was helped__ (by Mary).”,
Mary will help John.
subject-aux inversion like “Will Mary __ help John?”
These constructions share an interesting property: the constituents at the
beginning of these sentences are “displaced” from their original positions
indicated by “__”, while the basic thematic relations between constituents
(e.g., who did what to whom) remain the same.
Subject –Aux Inversion
( Modals)
NP VP
Det N Aux VP
V
The boy has slept
Subject –Aux Inversion
Verb to have
S
Aux NP VP
Det N Aux VP
V
Has the boy __ slept
Linguistic Recursion
Linguistic
Recursion
linguistic Recursion
Definition & Examples
A Linguistic Recursion is the repeated sequential use of a particular type
of linguistic element or grammatical structure.
Bound Morphemes
(Affixes)
Suffixes
Prefixes
un-/dis-/ -er/-s/
mis-/re- -ment/-ness
Affix
What is an affix? Here:
It is an inflectional suffix such as:
1.Verb (3rd person singular- s) =
Walk = walks (V)
2. Verb (simple past- ed) Walk =
walked
3. Verb ( past participle- en ) speak =
have spoken (V3)
4. Verb (present participle/V+ing (continuous) = speak = He is
speaking (V+ing)
Affix hopping Definition
Example
The boy kicks the ball.
The underlying syntax tree for this sentence can be represented as:
Here, the suffix -s (that indicates third person, singular, present tense)
has been taken from its original position and then attached to the end
of the verb, producing the form kicks.
Affix Hopping Diagram
Example 1
TP= Tense Phrase T= Tense DP= Determiner Phrase
NP VP
N V NP
. Det
. Art N
The boy kicks the ball
Chomsky Rules Regarding
Tense
Tense, an element of inflectional morphology, should be
recognized as a separate lexical category (a "word") and
be admitted as a leftmost daughter of the category Aux for
a tensed sentence
Tense ( present)
(past)
Perfect----> { have-en}V3
Prog. ----> { be -ing}
Affix hopping Diagram
Example 2
(Once the Tense morpheme is placed in its proper location, appropriate morpho-
phonemic rules will turn these sentences into their surface form:
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Applying Transformational Rules
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_(linguistics)
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-
grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers
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