RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYNTAX WITH OTHER COMPONENT

OF LINGUISTIC

Syntax is the study of linguistic structure, of how each and every language item interrelates
and correlates grammatically with other items at the sentence level through sets of fixed rules.
Syntax is related to the other components of linguistic such as phonetics, phonology,
morphology, grammar, semantics and pragmatics.

First of all syntax is related to phonetics. A grammar of language is characterization of the

relation between sound and meaning for the sentences of that language. This relation between
sound and meaning is not direct one, it is mediated by structure, or syntax, the arrangement of
a sentence into parts. Syntax focused constructed of sentence in particular language, while,
phonetic focused on speech sound.

Again Phonology and syntax represent two layers of sound combination central to languages
expressive power, traditionally, phonology, where meaningless sounds form words, has been
constructed a simpler combination than syntax, and thus should be more common in animals.
Study of the speech sound (i.e, phoneme) system of a language, including the rules for
combining and using phonemes. Syntax rules that pertain to the ways in which words can be
combined to from sentences in a language. Syntax the grammar of given language. Phonology
is foundational, then morphology, then syntax the relationship of words in a given sentence or
utterance. Phonology the study of phonemes of a given language. Phonology can affect changes
at different levels of language. It can affect morphology and syntax depending on the language.
I can only answer this questions as a speaker of English. Because English is not a sound based
language dependent upon phonemes, but rather strings of morphemes placed together to create
meaning, phonology does not affect syntax so greatly as it might another language. The
interface between phonology and syntax in English is sliver, not a slice.

When phonology might affect English syntax is in confusion between one homophones and
another, as in to/too/two, feet/feat, there/ their or bear/bar. Yet, mistakes with these words are
seldom critical because the intended words can understood through the context by the presence
of other words in the string.
The relationship between syntax and morphology is that morphology is the study of how words
are formed and understood within a language. Both syntax and morphology are related to how
meaning is produced with language. Syntax is a concept that governs the structure of sentences.
The order in which words are put together has a bearing on the meaning of a sentence as whole.
Also morphology deals with understanding of how words are formed while syntax is focused
on the way sentences are developed.

Basically morphology is the structure of words while syntax studies the structure of sentences.
According to traditional view, the relation between morphology and syntax is the following:
while morphology builds up word forms-typically by combaning roots with other roots and
with affixes, but also by applying other operations to them, syntax takes full inflected words as
input and combines them into phases and sentence. The division of labour between morphology
and syntax is thus perfect: morphology only operate below the word level whereas syntax only
operate above the word level. Moreover, these two component of grammar are ordered in strict
sequence, such that the syntax takes over the morphology has done its work.

Relationship between syntax and semantics. At the simplest level, semantic is to do with the
meaning of words, phrases and sentences constructed from those words and phrases, while
syntax is to with the rules and processes of those constructions. Syntax has to do with the form
and other words within the sentence. Semantics has to do with the meaning .Syntax is language
dependent, whereas the semantics remains the same if the same sentences were expressed in
another language. While people can do what they want with language and many often do,
syntax helps common users of a language understand how to organize words so that they make
the most sense. Semantics, on the other hand, is the study of the meaning of sentences.

Also syntax and grammar are closely related concepts, both are in written and spoken
language. The terms are often own used interchangeably, although each concerned has its own
meaning. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence. Comparatively,
grammar consist of the rules that govern the composition of language. As such, the relationship
between grammar and syntax is similar to that of parent and child, with grammar providing the
structural rules that syntax and other concept must follow. In terms of etymology, or origins of
a word, the term syntax is derived from the Greek and Latin words syntax, meaning putting
together in arranged order.

Likewise, the word grammar is derived from the Greek term grammatike tekhne, defined as
the art of words or letters. Understanding these origins, the relationship between grammar and
syntax could be explained as the art of language, meaning grammar, and how it is arranged,
meaning syntax. Although the term grammar was present in ancient Latin and Greek cultures,
the understanding of grammar as a set of rules pertaining to syntax did not begin until the 16 th
century. Prior to the 16th century, the term grammar, merely applied to learning in general, with
syntax covering any type of order or arrangement.

Now, syntax and grammar are understood to mean the rules governing proper sentence
structure. For instance, when an individual references a person and themselves, an English
phrase such as me and him might be used. According to syntax, I and he are an acceptable
order of words. It makes logical sense, whether ordered as me and him or him and me. Rules
of English grammar, however, dictate that such a phrase should be worded as him and me, so
that both pronouns are objective, with the personal pronoun me ordered last. (Sandi Johnson.,
2023). What is the relationship between Grammar and Syntax. Language humanities. Retrived
from http://www.languagehumanities.com.

The relationship between Syntax and pragmatics. pragmatics is a field of linguistics concerned
with what a speaker implies and a listener infers based on contributing factors like the situation
context, the individuals mental states, the preceding dialogue, and other elements while syntax
is the grammatically structure of sentences. Syntax has the rules that pertain to the ways in
which words can be combined to form sentences in a languages. While people can do what
they want with language (and many often do), syntax helps common users of a language
understand how to organize words so that they make the most sense. For instance, “the through
pasture the chased a dog rabbit”. Using normal rules of syntax, our first example sentence
means nothing. But rearrange those exact words in a new order and they make perfect
syntactical sense. “The dog chased rabbit through the pasture.”

Pragmantics takes syntax one step further, because it’s the study of the meaning of sentence
within a certain context. If we jump back to the example of rabbit chasing a dog, we can look
at the oddity of that statement and square it with reality when learn more about the dog’s long
history of being a scaredy cat. Syntax is what we use to do our best to communicate on the
most basic level. Pragmatics enables us to apply the correct meaning to the correct situation.
(Lobert Lee Brewer., 2020). Semantics vs. syntax vs. Pragmatics (Grammar Rules). Writer’s
digest. Retrived from internet; writersdigest.com
References

Brewer.,L.L. (2020). Semantics vs. Syntax vs. Pragmatics (Grammar Rules). Writer’s digtest.
Retrived from internet; writersdigest.co

Johnson.,S. (2023). What is the relationship between grammar and syntax?. Language
humanities. Retrived from internet; http://www.languagehumanities.com