An aspect of representing the three basic syntactical units

• Main Author: Spasić Dragana M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica 2012-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
• Subjects: syntax; phrase; clause; sentence; structure; function
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-3293/2012/0354-32931202029S.pdf

While morphology basically deals with the structure of words using the two basic units, a morpheme and a word syntax deals with different word groups that can be put into three main syntactical units - a phrase, a clause and a sentence. The two structures can be pointed out; a phrase structure based upon a head word and modifiers to qualify and quantify the meaning of a head, and a sentence structure that is based upon a predicator indicating an action or a state being and a subject indicating a doer of the action. These two are obligatory while some optional can be added as well. In order to understand a syntactical description we have to be aware of the differences and the similarities of the two structures and the three basic syntactical units. .