| | '''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 through use of [[verb]]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. | + | A "Grammar" (from a linguistic point of view) catalogs the various [[part of speech|parts of speech]] in use by the language, including: verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions; it catalogs how actions are described, almost exclusively through use of [[verb]]s, and how those verbs are conjugated within a sentence; it catalogs how a language codifies for both [[mood (grammar)|mode]] and [[tense]]; and it attempts to quantify other less precise aspects of written or oral communication like metaphors, enclitics, onomatopoeia, and others. |