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==Some Grammar Concepts==
==Some Grammar Concepts==
===Sentence Structure===
===Syntax===
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.
Syntax is the study of the rules for forming grammatical sentences.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syntax Syntax]</ref> 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).
'''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)'''.
'''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)'''.
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]]. Some languages have free word order because the subject and the object have different [[grammatical case|case]] endings.
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]].
===Gender===
===Gender===
Depending on the language, typical gender distinctions include masculine/feminine, masculine/feminine/neuter, and animate/inanimate. Not all languages have grammatical gender; for example, some languages have a single pronoun corresponding to the English "he," "she," and "it."
Depending on the language, typical gender distinctions include masculine/feminine, masculine/feminine/neuter, and animate/inanimate. Not all languages have grammatical gender; for example, some languages have a single pronoun corresponding to the English "he," "she," and "it."
==References==
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[[Category:Linguistics]]