Sao Kimhoa

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ENG321

Reflection of Chapter 5: Syntax

This chapter is studying about syntax. Syntax is the study of the rules to combine
morphemes and words into linguistic units larger than words; morphology is the grammar of words;
phonology is the grammar of speech sounds. The study of grammar is the study of the rules of language.
Language is a system of symbols that is rule-governed. Language is also a multilevel system of rules.
As a sentence can be defined by its structure (the number of independent and dependent clauses it
contains) or by its function (declarative versus imperative, for example). A sentence can also be either
active or passive. A clause has both a subject and a predicate; a clause that cannot stand by itself as a
sentence is called a dependent clause. A phrase is any constituent of a sentence that does not have both
a subject and a predicate. Phrases are named after their main constituent, the head of the phrase, such
as a noun. Phrases serve various functions in a sentence. For instance, a noun phrase may be the subject
of the sentence, the object of a verb, and so on. This chapter will teach the student to list the name of
the unit that are larger than words and that make up sentences. Also, define the clause, phrase in the
sentences. Moreover, this chapter is focus on the rule of using language that follow by the grammatical
structure.