English Syntax

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9. Syntactic Linkage

Syntactic links This refers to the way in language in which words and phrases are arranged together to
form meaningful sentences.

Agreement (Agreement): This is the principle by which the elements in a sentence match each other
in terms of linguistic features such as gender, number, and person.

Government (Government): In linguistics, it Refers to the relationship between words in which one
word regulates or influences the form or meaning of another.

Number and person relations (Number and Person Relations): This includes how the language
arranges verbs and pronouns to match the number (singular or plural) and person (first, second, or
third) of the subject.

Syntactic linkage in English: It discusses the way in which words and phrases are arranged in English
sentences to form a precise and meaningful structure.

Number in English: This is the way in which English expresses quantity, both through nouns (singular
vs. plural) and verbs.

Gender in English: This relates to the way English handles gender in the use of pronouns, nouns, and
verbs.

Examples :

Syntactic linkage (Keterhubungan Sintaksis):

Example : "The cat (subjek) chased (predikat) the mouse (objek)."

Agreement (Kesepakatan):

Example : "She (subjek, singular) sings (kata kerja, singular) beautifully."

Government (Pemerintahan):

Example : "The teacher instructed (kata kerja) the students (objek) to complete their assignments
(objek)."
Number and person linkage (Hubungan Jumlah dan Orang):

Example: "He (orang kedua tunggal) writes (kata kerja tunggal) a letter every day."
Syntactic linkage in English (Keterhubungan Sintaksis dalam Bahasa Inggris):

Example : "In English, the typical word order is subject-verb-object (SVO), as in 'She (subjek) eats
(predikat) apples (objek).'"
Number in English (Jumlah dalam Bahasa Inggris):

Example : "The car (singular) is parked in front of the houses (plural)."

Gender in English (Gender dalam Bahasa Inggris):

Example : "He (laki-laki) is a doctor. She (perempuan) is a nurse."