Parts of the speech:a. Content Wordsb. Function Words.

Sentencial Terminology:a. Simple Sentencesb. Compund Sentencesc. Complex Sentences

MoodMood Declarative Interrogative Imperative

Study of words:a. Implications (spelling, meaning, collocations, denotation, connotation, cultural association etc.b. Word formation

Dealing with the phrase structure grammar as a

part of syntactic category, it is important to comphrehend the

concepts of: NP, AdjP, VP, AdvP and PP; but

first fo all, let us see what the definition of Phrase is.

A phrase A phrase is a sequence of words or a group of words arranged in a gramatical construction, and fucntions as a unit in a sentence.

For instance, we can make the phrase structure tree to the following sentence:

“The child found the puppy”

The child found the puppy.

SS

NPNP VPVP

DetDet NN VV NPNP

The child Found the puppy

The child found the puppy

the puppyDetDet NN

SS

NPNP VPVP

DetDet NN VV NPNP

DetDet NN

The

puppyThe

foundchild

Example with bracketsHow would you divide this sentence into phrases?

• The children put the toys in the box

• [The children] [put [the toys] [in [the box] ] ]

- Linearity- Hirearchy- Categoriality

The famous houses on the streetS

SUBJ

NP

PrepPdet AP

the Famous houses

On the street

Draw the tree Structure of phrase

1. the telephone

2. the success of the program

3. a film about pollution

4. The end of the road

Draw the tree Structure of phrase

the success of the program

N

NP

NPPrep

NDetDet

PPNP

Draw the tree Structure of phrase

a film about pollution

N

NP

NPPrep

NDet

PPNP

Draw the tree Structure of phrase

the end of the road

Det

NP

NP

Det N

PrepN

PP

Perhaps the very old man Works at home.