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Recursion- Allows one type of syntactic structure to be included inside another structure of the same type, such as a noun phrase, to create infinitely long sentences or an infinite number of different sentences. Example- The boy that chased the dog that chased the cat that chased the squirrel that chased the bird that chased the bug. Link-http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/patterns/recursion.html Patty Wagner
 * Christina Gonzalez Chapter 5 Collaborative Reports **


 * Prescriptive Grammar- ** It’s a way of explaining how language should or should not be used but not necessarily describing the way in which it’s used. For example, if I were asked to write a short paragraph describing myself for my boss and one to my friends, I would use a different choice of words and messages I was trying to get across.

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 * Head of phrase- ** Contains the word that determines the syntactic phrase functions such as noun phrase prepositional phrase etc. For example, in the phrase //the house//, it is clear that the house is the head of the phrase.

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 * Determiner- ** refers to the word that is used before the noun that helps the reader understands if the sentence is describing something specific or in general. For example, in the phrase //the doctor// the determiner is describing something specific, yet in the phrase //his patients// the word is being used to describe something in general.

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 * Grammatical (well-formed)- ** Are sentences that use words and their relationships together correctly in order to get the meaning across. For example, the sentence //that dog is not cute// is considered a grammatically correct sentence.

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 * Ungrammatical (ill-formed) ** When a sentence is considered Ungrammatical the words are in order, which does not follow the syntactic rules of grammar. For example, with regards to this sentence, //that dog not cute// it is considered Ungrammatical.

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