Adjective Clause is a dependent clause which functions an adjective, which modifies noun. The subordinating conjunctions used in adjective clause are that, who, whom, which, where and when. Look at the examples below. The italic clauses are adjective clauses.
1. The man who is standing there is my father.
2. I know the man whom you love.
3. The book which is on the table is mine.
4. Yogyakarta is the city where I was born.
5. Sunday is the day when I met her.
6. She met the woman that you met.
7. The book that you are reading is good.
8. Th student that is from China can speak English fluently.
This blog contains the information of the science of Morphology and syntax which are combined into the name Morphosyntax. It covers morphosyntactic aspects such as sentence pattern, affixes, and inflection
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Simple Sentence
Simple sentence is a sentence which has one independent clause ( one subject and one predicate or one construction of S V)). An Independent clause is a clause which can stand alone as a sentence. The examples of simple sentence is as follows:
1. I am a teacher.
2. The young beautiful girl studies in Ahmad Dahlan University in Yogyakarta.
3. My father bought a new car last month.
4. The teacher looks tired.
5. They are watching TV.
1. I am a teacher.
2. The young beautiful girl studies in Ahmad Dahlan University in Yogyakarta.
3. My father bought a new car last month.
4. The teacher looks tired.
5. They are watching TV.
Phrase
A phrase is a group of words without finite verb (verb as predicate of sentence). A phrase at least consists of two words. It has one word as a head (core) word. The kinds of phrases are noun phrase, adjective phrase. verb phrase, adverb phrase, gerund phrase, and past participle phrase
Noun Phrase
Noun Phrase is a phrase which has a noun as a head (core) word with one or more modifiers. In English noun phrase, modifiers can come before or after the head word. Modifiers which come before the head word are called pre modifiers, while those which come after the head word are called post modifiers. The examples of noun phrases are as follows:
1. a book
2. a good book
3. a good book on the table
4. the woman
5. the young woman
6. the young beautiful woman
7. the young beautiful Javanese woman
8. the young beautiful Javanese woman living near my house
1. a book
2. a good book
3. a good book on the table
4. the woman
5. the young woman
6. the young beautiful woman
7. the young beautiful Javanese woman
8. the young beautiful Javanese woman living near my house
Compound Sentence
Compound sentence is a se sentence which has two independent clauses related by a coordinating conjunction. The common coordinating conjunctions are and, or and but. Look at the examples below:
1. My father is in Japan now and he works in a bank there.
2. I was sick yesterday but I came to the meeting.
3. You must study hard or you will fail the examination.
1. My father is in Japan now and he works in a bank there.
2. I was sick yesterday but I came to the meeting.
3. You must study hard or you will fail the examination.
Morphological Structure
The domain of morphology is words. How words are formed is the concern of this field so morphological structure is the structure which consists of the elements to form words. The most common word formation in language including English is affixation. Affixation is the process of word formation by adding the affixes or bound morphemes in bases or roots (free morphemes). In other words morphological structure is the structure or forms of words primarily through the use of morpheme construct (Crystal, 1980: 232).
Morpheme is defined as the smallest meaningful unit of language (Lim Kiat Boey, 1975 : 37). Morphemes can be divided into two namely free morphemes and bound morphemes. Morphemes are the components which build words. The word singers, for example, consists of three meaningful units or morphemes, sing, –er, and –s. The morpheme sing which forms the word singers has the lexical meaning; the morpheme –er means the doer of singing; the morpheme –s has plural meaning. We can identify the meaning of the morpheme sing although it stands alone but we cannot identify the meaning of morphemes –er and –s in isolation. We can identify the meaning of the morpheme –er and –s after they combine to the morpheme sing. Sing which can meaningfully stand alone is called free morpheme while the morphemes such as –er and –s, which cannot meaningfully stand alone are called bound morphemes. Bound morphemes must be attached to free morphemes. Bound morphemes are also called affixes which can be classified into prefix, infix, and suffix. English only has two kinds of bound morphemes namely prefixes and suffixes. No infixes exist in English. Bound morphemes are classified into two types namely derivational and inflectional morphemes. Both inflectional and derivational morphemes play an important role in the larger structure namely syntactic structure.
Morpheme is defined as the smallest meaningful unit of language (Lim Kiat Boey, 1975 : 37). Morphemes can be divided into two namely free morphemes and bound morphemes. Morphemes are the components which build words. The word singers, for example, consists of three meaningful units or morphemes, sing, –er, and –s. The morpheme sing which forms the word singers has the lexical meaning; the morpheme –er means the doer of singing; the morpheme –s has plural meaning. We can identify the meaning of the morpheme sing although it stands alone but we cannot identify the meaning of morphemes –er and –s in isolation. We can identify the meaning of the morpheme –er and –s after they combine to the morpheme sing. Sing which can meaningfully stand alone is called free morpheme while the morphemes such as –er and –s, which cannot meaningfully stand alone are called bound morphemes. Bound morphemes must be attached to free morphemes. Bound morphemes are also called affixes which can be classified into prefix, infix, and suffix. English only has two kinds of bound morphemes namely prefixes and suffixes. No infixes exist in English. Bound morphemes are classified into two types namely derivational and inflectional morphemes. Both inflectional and derivational morphemes play an important role in the larger structure namely syntactic structure.
Complex Sentence
Complex Sentence is a sentence which consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clause. The dependent clause is also called sub clause. The independent clause is connected by subordintaing conjubction or subordinator. The dependent clause can be noun clause, adjective clause or adverbial clause. The examples of complex sentences are as follows:
01. I know what you mean.
02. What you are reading is important.
03. The man who teaches English is from Australia.
04. Sally did not come to the meeting because he was sick.
05. They were watching TV when their father came in to their room.
01. I know what you mean.
02. What you are reading is important.
03. The man who teaches English is from Australia.
04. Sally did not come to the meeting because he was sick.
05. They were watching TV when their father came in to their room.
Clause
Clause is a group of words which has a subject and verb (predicate). A sentence may have one or more clause. Clause can be divided into two, independent clause and dependent clause. An independent clasuse is a clause which can stand alone as a sentence, while dependent clause is a clause which cannot stand alone as a sentence. it is always attached to independent clause.
Clause
Clause is a group of words which has a subject and verb (predicate). A sentence may have one or more clause. Clause can be divided into two, independent clasue and dependent clause. An independent clasue is a clause which can stand alone as a sentence, while dependent clause is a clause which cannot stand alone as a sentence. it is always attached to independent clause.