Chapter
5
Syntax: the Analysis of Sentence Structure
5.1 Grammaticality
5.2 Knowledge of sentence structure
5.3 Different approaches to syntax
5.4 Transformational-generative grammar
5.4.1 The goal of a TG grammar
5.4.2 Syntactic categories
5.4.3 Phrase structure rules
5.4.4 Tree diagrams
5.4.5 Recursion and the infinitude of language
5.4.6 Subcategorization of the lexicon
5.4.7 Transformational rules
5.5 Systemic-functional grammar
5.5.1 Two perspectives of syntactic analysis: chain
and choice
5.5.2 The three metafunctions
5.5.3 Transitivity: syntactic structure as representation
of experience
Material processes
Relational processes
Mental processes
Verbal processes
Behavioral processes
Existential processes
5.5.4 Mood and modality: syntactic structure as
representation of interaction
5.5.5 Theme and rheme: syntactic structure as organization
of message
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