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'''Grammar''' is the study of the rules governing use of [[language]]. As such, it is part of the discipline of [[linguistics]].
'''Grammar''' is the study of the rules governing use of [[language]]. As such, it is part of the discipline of [[linguistics]].
A "Grammar" (from a linguistic point of view) catalogs the various parts of speech in use by the language, including: verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions; it catalogs how actions are described, almost exclusively trough use of [[verbs]]) and how those verbs are conjugated within a sentence; it catalogs how a language codifies for both mode and tense; and it attempts to quantify other less precise aspects of written or oral communication like metaphors, enclitics, onomatopoeia, and others.
A "Grammar" (from a linguistic point of view) catalogs the various parts of speech in use by the language, including: verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions; it catalogs how actions are described, almost exclusively trough use of [[verbs]]s, and how those verbs are conjugated within a sentence; it catalogs how a language codifies for both mode and tense; and it attempts to quantify other less precise aspects of written or oral communication like metaphors, enclitics, onomatopoeia, and others.
==Some Grammar Concepts==
==Some Grammar Concepts==
===Sentence Structure===
===Sentence Structure===
When lingusits describe sentance structure in languages, they typically look at the relationship between the Subject, the Object and the Verb and classify the language by the order of those words. '''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I buy the paper'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich kaufe die Zeitung'''.
When linguists describe sentence structure in languages, they typically look at the relationship between the Subject, the Object and the Verb and classify the language by the order of those words.
*'''Subject''' is the agent of the action (such as a person).
*'''Subject''' is the agent of the action (such as a person).
*'''Object''' is the item, person or thing that has the action done to it (eg. the paper).
*'''Object''' is the item, person or thing that has the action done to it (eg. the paper).
Other languages have different sentence structures. Besides SVO, the two most common are SOV (subject, object, verb), as used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and VSO (verb, subject, object), as used in Biblical [[Hebrew]].
'''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I (s) buy (v) the book (obj)'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich (s) kaufe(v) das Buch(o)'''.
Other languages have different sentence structures. Russian, for example, would render that Я (s) книгу (o) покупаю (v).
Besides SVO, the two most common are SOV (subject, object, verb), as used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (hon(s) wo katta (v)) , and VSO (verb, subject, object), as used in Biblical [[Hebrew]].
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]