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Syntactic Linkage: by Haryono Lekat Bakti

Syntactic linkage refers to the devices used to signal how words and phrases can be linked to form coherent sentences. There are two linguistic phenomena involved: agreement and government. Agreement involves cross-referencing between constituents of a sentence based on grammatical features like number, person, gender, and case. Common types of agreement include person, number, gender, and case. Government refers to the grammatical relationship of nouns or pronouns with other words, particularly shown through pronouns having three cases: nominative, genitive, and accusative.

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Syntactic Linkage: by Haryono Lekat Bakti

Syntactic linkage refers to the devices used to signal how words and phrases can be linked to form coherent sentences. There are two linguistic phenomena involved: agreement and government. Agreement involves cross-referencing between constituents of a sentence based on grammatical features like number, person, gender, and case. Common types of agreement include person, number, gender, and case. Government refers to the grammatical relationship of nouns or pronouns with other words, particularly shown through pronouns having three cases: nominative, genitive, and accusative.

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Syntactic linkage

by
haryono
lekat bakti
what is Syntactic linkage ?
Syntactic linkageSyntactic linkage refers to the d
evices used byspeakers to signal which words ca
n be linked to form aphrase: and, which phrases
can be linked to formcoherent clausesTwo lingui
stic phenomena: Agreement Government.
Agreement
is a form of cross-reference between different constituents
of a sentence orphrase.
The agreement based on overt grammatical numbers form
al agreement.

She works
In contrast, notional agreement is based on meaning

This class is large


The class are discussing about new rules
Common type of Agreement
Grammatical person:
I am versus He is
Grammatical number
One car versus Two cars
I am versus We are
Grammatical gender
Jenny loves her cat vs.
Jimmy loves his cat.
Grammatical case I told him versus He told me.
• Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
The dog growls when he is angry.
The dogs growl when they are angry.
• When sentences start with “there” or “here,”the subject will always be placed after the verb:
There is a problem with the balance sheet.
Here are the papers you requested.
• Make sure you accurately identify the subjectbefore deciding on the proper verb form to use
.
Does Lefty usually eat grass?
Where are the pieces of this puzzle?
• When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence theytake the singular verb form;
but when they are linked by andthey take the plural form.
Standing in the water was a bad ideaSwimming in the ocean and playing drums are
my hobbies
• Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs. Everybody wants to be loved. Except for t
he pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some)that always take the plural form. Few were
left alive after the flood.
Government
Government in English grammar can be found in
“case” Case refers to the grammaticalrelationshi
p of nouns or pronouns with other words in a cla
use or sentence.
Pronouns show three case distinctions
• Nominative (subjective) I, you, he, she, it, we,t
hey
• Genitive (possessive) my, your, his, her,our, th
eir
• Accusative (objective) me, you, him, her,us, th
em

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