Chapter four Syntax 1. What is syntax? Syntax is the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language. Simply speaking, it is the study of the formation of sentences. There are different approaches to syntax in the linguistic field
Some languages have different forms or you French‘ tu/vous”. German“ du sie for example). These may originally have indicated number(vous\and\Sie\) used for plural forms but now show different levels of formality with\tu and\a'\ being more familiar,“\vos” and\Sie” more polite
Morphology and Syntax England's Queen is Elizabeth l The Queen of England is Elizabeth He loves books He is a lover of books The planes which fly are red The flying planes are red He is hungrier than she He is more hungry than She
Chapter Three Lexicon Morphology Lexicon I The meanings or lexicon In its most general sense, lexicon is synonymous with vocabulary, denoting the system formed by the total sum of all the words and word equivalents that a given language possesses. B In its technical sense lexicon is synonymous with
在 There be句型中 There is no smoke without fire There seems to be little time left There,here结构中,如果主语有好几个,谓语动词 与最邻近的主语一致。 There was a TV set, a portrait and several albums on the shelf
Part I Vocabulary Structure (25%) Section a Directions: Complete each sentence by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices 1. He said.\I a lot of new words by the end of last year A) had already learnt C)have already learnt B)would have already learnt D)already learnt