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11.1 Questions and Commands QUESTIONS are normally used to request information and COMMANDS are normally used to influence the behavior of others 11.2 Form and function Form of a sentence is related with its grammatical structure and function of a sentence is related with what people use it for. It is not true that questions…
Formal versus informal grammars o A formal grammar is a scientific model of a language which describes what is and is not a grammatical (well-formed) sentence. It attempts to represent what a speaker of the language knows about its structure; this knowledge knows about its structure; this knowledge also called a GRAMMAR. o A formal grammar is…
8.1. Embedding (review) Embedding phrase states that several different types of phrases are embedded inside NP. In particular, both a PP and an NP (the possessor) can be embedded inside NP. 8.2 Embedded clauses The following sentences exemplify…
1. 1. Mood v Mood is a grammatical category used in many languages to indicate something about the relationship of a sentence’s meaning to the fact of the real world (or some imaginary world). v A mood that is used primarily in statements (to communicate information about the world) is called INDICATIVE MOOD. v A…
Noun phrase structure in English v In this chapter, we turn clause structure to noun phrase structure. we especially want to explore EMBEDDING, a principle underlying phrase structure in all languages. We start by looking at noun phrase structure in English, which illustrates embedding well. (1) NP —- (D) (A) N ü This rule will…