why do we even study syntax? We can all speak and understand each other; do we need to investigate how?
Well, yes! We are humans, it’s in our nature to study things and understand how they work. So, whilst studying languages and how they work, we must study syntax and sentence constructions!
Studying syntax is relevant to a lot of subject areas in linguistics. We must study syntax to understand how children acquire their language, how they start constructing sentences and what stage do they learn the tacit syntactic rules of the language. It’s also good to study syntax so we can understand how bilingual and multilingual speakers are able to construct their sentences despite having different structures for different languages. The sentence structure isn’t the same in English as it is in Japanese!
Studying syntax gives us many answers which are necessary for understanding how languages work, as well as being the doorway to future research and theories on all aspects of linguistics!
We also study syntax to develop set rules and constraints on the language. We call these parameters. These parameters limit what we can and can’t do in a language, helping us establish an effective and working communicative system. Some linguists believe that all languages have the same parameters. This idea is called universal grammar, and was a theory developed by Chomsky in the 1960s. From these ideas of linguistic parameters, we can learn, use and teach the correct way to make sentences. Basically, so we can all understand each other!
why do we even study syntax? We can all speak and understand each other; do we need to investigate how?
Well, yes! We are humans, it’s in our nature to study things and understand how they work. So, whilst studying languages and how they work, we must study syntax and sentence constructions!
Studying syntax is relevant to a lot of subject areas in linguistics. We must study syntax to understand how children acquire their language, how they start constructing sentences and what stage do they learn the tacit syntactic rules of the language. It’s also good to study syntax so we can understand how bilingual and multilingual speakers are able to construct their sentences despite having different structures for different languages. The sentence structure isn’t the same in English as it is in Japanese!
Studying syntax gives us many answers which are necessary for understanding how languages work, as well as being the doorway to future research and theories on all aspects of linguistics!
We also study syntax to develop set rules and constraints on the language. We call these parameters. These parameters limit what we can and can’t do in a language, helping us establish an effective and working communicative system. Some linguists believe that all languages have the same parameters. This idea is called universal grammar, and was a theory developed by Chomsky in the 1960s. From these ideas of linguistic parameters, we can learn, use and teach the correct way to make sentences. Basically, so we can all understand each other!
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