Assignment: Language and Structure by Roslina Binti Hassan ,Selangor 1

Section A: Read and answer the following questions briefly.

1. What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
A clause is collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb meanwhile a
phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns and other words but does not have a
subject. A clause refers to a group of words that can stand alone as a meaningful sentence
while a phrase refers either one word or a group of words that are interconnected and
function as a unit in a sentence.
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(2 marks)
2. Name the two syntactic categories.
Lexical categories and Functional Categories.
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(2 marks)
Section B: Each of the following phrase consists of a specifier and a head and sometimes a
complement. Draw the appropriate tree diagram for each phrase.

phrase Tree diagram

NP

the teacher Det N

the teacher

AdjP

very quiet Adv Adj

very quiet

VP

can sing Aux V

can sing

NP

those students Det N

those students
 AdjP

more intelligent Adv Adj

more intelligent

PP

into the classroom  P NP

  into Det N

the classroom

(6 marks)