What does the syntax mean : it is the a branch of linguistics fields that focus on how language works, the study of how sentences
are put together
Many kinds of syntax
1. SYNTAX AS A COGNITIVE SCIENCE.
Cognitive science is a cover term for a group of disciplines that all aim
for the same
goal: describing and explaining
human beings’ ability to think.
To communicate to other people we
need to produce sentences to our speaking.
Sentences are how we get at expressing abstract thought processes,
How important is syntax?
so, the study of syntax is an important foundation stone for understanding
how we communicate and interact to each other as humans.
Why syntax is very important?
One thing that distinguishes us
from other animals, even relatively smart ones like chimps and elephants, is our ability to use language. Language plays an important role in how
we think about abstract notions, or, at the very least, language appears to be
structured in such a way that it allows us to express abstract notions.
2.
MODELING
SYNTAX
The dominant theory of syntax is due to Noam Chomsky and his followers,
starting
in the mid 1950s and continuing to this day
The theory in syntax has developed
time to time until today
What are the modeling syntax?
Starting in the mid 1950s and
continuing to this day. This theory,
which has had many different names through its development
(Transformational Grammar (TG), Transformational Generative Grammar, Standard
Theory, Extended Standard Theory, Government and Binding Theory (GB),
Principles and Parameters approach(P&P) and
Minimalism (MP)), is often given the blanket name Generative Grammar.
One of MODELING SYNTAX is GENERATIVE
GRAMMAR
What is generative grammar?
the rules as being like the command lines in a computer program.
These rules don’t tell you how to properly punctuate a sentence or
not to split an infinitive. Instead,
they tell you the order in which to put your words (in English, for
example, we put the subject of a sentence before its verb; this is kind of
information encoded in generative rules).
The underlying thesis of generative grammar is that sentences are
generated
by an subconscious set of procedures (like computer programs).
These procedures
are part of our minds (or of our
cognitive abilities if you prefer). The goal of syntactic
theory is to model these
procedures.
In generative grammar, the means
for modeling these procedures is through
a set of formal grammatical
rules. Note that these rules are nothing like the rules of
grammar you might have learned in
school! These rules don’t tell you how
to properly
punctuate a sentence or not to split an infinitive. Instead, they tell
you the order
in which to put your words (in English, for example, we put the subject
of a sentence
before its verb; this is kind of information encoded in generative
rules). These rules
are thought to generate the
sentences of a language, hence the name generative
grammar. You can think of these
rules as being like the command lines in a computer
program. They tell you step by step how to put together words into a
sentence.
3. SYNTAX AS SCIENCE – THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
What is it?
The pattern of words in a
sentence, or more.
The way to analyze the patterns in
a sentence whether it makes sense in
meaning or not is called SYNTAX AS SCIENCE
Why ?
because the way to analyze whether
in a sentence has a sense meaning or not by using a method.
This method has risen a kind of rule
we call it with the grammar
Gather and observer data -à
make generalization -à
develop hypothesis
HOW DOES IT HAPPEN ?
Syntacticians start by observing data about the language they are
studying, then make generalizations about
patterns in the data (e.g. in simple English declarative sentences, the
subject precedes the verb). They then generate a hypothesis—preferably one that
makes predictions and test the hypothesis against more syntactic data, and if
necessary go back and re-evaluate their hypotheses. The hypotheses are called rules, and the group of hypotheses that
describe a language’s syntax is called a grammar.
FOR EXAMPLE
a.
She have speaking to himself
b.
they will speaking to herself
So from the above sentences special method is used ,like a scientific
method in science field to analyze something
A
She à a woman
Have à modal
Speaking à verb
It must be like :
She has spoken by herself
They à subject plural
Will à modal
Speaking à speak
to à to
herself à
themselves
it must be
they will speak to themselves
Some
people will understand about the meaning to every words. But, do the sentences
have made sense? The answer is no
it will be continued and fixed by me
I AM WATITING FOR YOUR SUGGESTION in order to make this site better than before
it will be continued and fixed by me
I AM WATITING FOR YOUR SUGGESTION in order to make this site better than before
