AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word order in language is its ____
A
syntax
B
semantics
C
grammar
D
spellling
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The general structure of a sentence or the order of words in a sentence is Subject (S) + verb (V) + object (O). Remember that a sentence should always have a subject and predicate and that the subject comes first.

Detailed explanation-2: -It can show you who acts and to whom the action is being performed. Many languages use inflection to show how different parts of a sentence function. However, the English language has a few of them. So the order of the words in a sentence is the most important feature in English.

Detailed explanation-3: -English puts the subject first, then the verb, and then the object, but that’s not the case in every language. Word order, as the name implies, is how words are arranged in a sentence.

Detailed explanation-4: -In order to is a subordinating conjunction. We use in order to with an infinitive form of a verb to express the purpose of something.

Detailed explanation-5: -Word order is a part of syntax because it decides how to build different kinds of sentences.

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