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Syntax group I.
Constituent structure &constructions
09/02/14
Luis Alberto Campuano !iles
"#gar Arturo A$ile!arcia
Ilse Clarisa
%ugo o#rigo 'ara$illa %ern(n#e
)e#ro 'o*ica+ences
,-e secon# c-apter o t-is boo is t-e continue o t-e irst. In
t-is c-apter e
sa t-e constituent structure3 t-is is a $ery important part o
syntax because
e$eryt-ing about t-at maes sense or t-e sentences p-rases etc.
Also it
mentions about t-e -ea#s again an# -o t-e or#s c-ange or #ierent
types
o or#s an# p-rases.
In c-apter t-ree e sa t-e constructions because e no -at is a
-ea#
-at is a mo#iier an# also t-e or#s an# p-rases t-at c-anges t-e
or#s no
t-e constructions are t-e ay t-at e use to create longer
p-rases. Also it
mentione# to central i#eas.
,-e 5rst is t-at e can recognie basic clauses an# more complex
clauses an#
can or out t-e relations-ips beteen t-em. ,-at is constructions
are notisolate# structures but 5t into a general netor.
,-e secon# i#ea is t-at #ierent constructions exist or -a$e been
create# by
t-e speaers an# riters o gi$en languages to enable speaers an#
riters to
signal -at t-ey are #oing it- a particular utterance. ,-is
connection beteen
#ierent constructions an# #ierent acts perorme# by speaers an#
riters is
also central in t-e #iscussion o meaning an# or# classes/parts o
speec- in
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,-ose i#eas can -elp us to no -o e create t-e p-rases starting
by smaller
or#s.
6e learne# in bot- c-apters7 ,ransposition -as to #o it- a
se8uence o
or#s being mo$e# rom one position in a clause to anot-er
position it-out
any ot-er c-anges in t-e clause.
Substitution is #ierent because in t-e substitution a single or#
can substitute
or a number o or#s -anging toget-er as a p-rase.
"llipsis it applies only to complete p-rases an# contains to
separate clauses.
or example :o-n is my at-er :o-n is t-e best. ; :o-n is my at-er
%e is t-e
best. An# also t-at t-e or#s o t-e same type can be coor#inate#
t-at is *oine#
by special or#s suc- as
