According to Yules (2004) as we try to capture more aspects of the structure of complex English sentences we inevitably need to indentify more rules and concepts involved in the analysis of syntax
Syntax
The structure and ordering of components within a sentence
Recursion
Means that the rule can be present more than ones
Tree diagrams: Are visual representations of syntactic structures
Hirerarchical organization
Phase structure rules
Rules must be:
Clear
Proved
Apply for many situations
Gennerative grammar
Small & infinite set of rules that GENERATE not only describe
Deep surface structure :The syntax form, and divide the elements in a sentence
Accured
Grammatically incorrect is represented by an *
Symbols
Abbreviation for syntactic categories
Lexical rules
Movement rules
Complement phrases