Tools of Analysis by Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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Tools of Analysis II By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

http://SBANJAR.kau.edu.sa/ http://wwwdrshadiabanjar.blogspot.com

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LANGUAGE

SPOKEN

WRITTEN

We are going to deal with written Sentences. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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LEVELS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS PHONOLOGY MORPHOLOGY SYNTAX SEMANTICS PRAGMATICS

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Phonology looks at and describes the sound system of a language. Morphology looks at the way words are formed . Syntax describes the way words fit together to form sentences or utterances. Semantics study meaning. Pragmatics study usage.

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Syntax • Syntax: is the branch of linguistics deals with sentence structure. • In order to study the structure of sentences, we have to know the grammatical rules governing the way words are combined to form ‘well-formed’ sentences. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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a ‘well-formed’ sentence

1. I shot the sheriff. XXXXXXX 2. *the shot sheriff I.

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an ‘ill-formed’ sentence

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S

(consist of)

(sentence)

word + word + word + ‌‌. word order

rules

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SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES To understand the language in terms of syntactic rules, we have to know what are the SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES! A syntactic category is either a phrasal category, such as noun phrase or verb phrase, which can be decomposed into smaller syntactic categories, or a lexical category, such as noun or verb, which cannot be further decomposed. The three criteria used in defining syntactic categories are: 1. The type of meaning it expresses. 2. The type of affixes it takes. 3. The structure in which it occurs.

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A family of expressions that can substitute for one another without loss of grammaticality is called a syntactic category. 1. The cat chases the mouse. 2. The dog chases the mouse 3. The policeman chases the mouse. 4. The mother mouse chases the mouse. If words and phrases could not be assigned to a small group of categories, it would be very hard to learn or use a language. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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– In the given examples: 1-4, – every word is a member of a category. – a word’s category type determines the kind of phrase it can form. – a phrase is a word or string of words that functions as a unit in a sentence, built around a head. – Every language has specific phrase structure rules determining how phrases can be combined to form sentences.

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WORD CATEGORIES

WORD CATEGORIES FUNCTIONAL WORD CATEGORIES

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LEXICAL WORD CATEGORIES

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LEXICAL WORD CATEGORIES Lexical word categories are: ยงWords that have some sort of inherent meaning are called lexical words (or content words). ยงCategories related to such words are called lexical categories e.g. NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE. ยงOpen-class Open-class in the sense that new words can be added, and thus have a large number of class members.

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Functional word categories Functional word categories are: §Words that don’t have (an easily detectable) inherent meaning are called functional words because such words perform some function in the sentence. §Categories belong to such words are called FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES e.g. DETERMINER, CONJUNCTION §Functional word categories tend to be CLOSED-CLASS (new words may not be added) and have a small number of class members.

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NOUN Morphological properties • it can take a plural -s morpheme; Exceptions: children, deer, mice, fish, . . . • it can be modified by a possessive (apostrophe: ’s) • it contains morphemes like the following: -ity, -ness, -er, -ment, -ance, -hood. These are all NOUN- OR NOMINAL SUFFIXES e.g. friendliness, writer, government, neighborhood.

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Syntactic properties of the class of NOUN • preceded by articles like: a, an, the, demonstrative pronouns like: this, that, these, those and numerals like: one, two, three. •preceded by an ADJECTIVE or several ADJECTIVES. •preceded by a PREPOSITION.

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Verb

Morphological properties • takes a past tense –ed1 form e.g. He walked. • takes the –s form of the verb for third-person singular agreement e.g. He goes to work daily. • takes the –ing form to express the progressive aspect e.g. he is running. • takes the –ed2 form to express the perfective aspect e.g. I have finished my work.

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Syntactic properties of the class of VERB • preceded by AUXILIARIES e.g. He has gone. •preceded by MODAL VERBS e.g. She can cook. •preceded by negation words like not and never e.g. Do not cry, He never shouts. • followed by an ADVERB or ADVERBS e.g. He snores loudly • can be followed by a NOUN e.g. I hate John.

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ADJECTIVE

Morphological properties of the class of ADJECTIVE • has morphemes like -ous, -y, -ish, e.g. furious, angry, brownish, friendly. •able to form comparatives and superlatives with -er and -est. e.g. bigger , biggest.

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Syntactic properties of the class of ADJECTIVE • can be preceded by ADVERBS e.g. very angry. •modifies a NOUN. It can come after determiners like the, a, this, these, those and numerals and before NOUNS e.g. the angry boy, those twelve small monkeys. •cannot immediately follow PREPOSITIONS e.g. *in angry. XXXXXXX •can follow VERBS. E.g. He is angry. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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ADVERB Morphological properties of the class of ADVERB • often followed by the morpheme –ly, e.g. softly, quickly, angrily. Exceptions: abroad, now, fast, often, well, also, very, too, never, so, ... Syntactic properties of the class of ADVERB • modifies a VERB; e.g. walks quickly. •modifies an ADJECTIVE; e.g. swiftly angry. •modifies another ADVERB; e.g. very angrily.

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Constituents A constituent is a grammatical unit which is part of a larger grammatical unit. in example (1): • The cat = noun phrase • Noun Phrase =determiner + noun • "determiner" and "noun“ are the constituents of the noun phrase.

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TREE DIAGRAMS

Three aspects of a speaker’s syntactic knowledge are explicitly represented in tree diagrams: 1. The linear order of the words in the sentence, 2. the groupings of words into syntactic categories, and 3. the hierarchical structure of the syntactic categories. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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The Tree Diagram For: Juliet loves Romeo S

VP

NP

V

NP

N N

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loves

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Form and Function

•Words can be grouped in certain patterns to form sentences. •In terms of forms, a sentence consists of a noun phrase and a verb phrase. •In terms of function, a sentence consists of a subject and a predicate. A predicate must contain a predicator which is a verb. •The class of a constituent indicates its form and what the form does or acts as a grammatical unit indicates its function. • The position of the constituent determines its grammatical function. Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar

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