We break down what roles different types of words and phrases play within a sentence. There are many theories of syntax and different ways to represent grammatical structures, but one of the simplest ...

There are many theories of syntax and different ways to represent grammatical structures, but one of the simplest is tree structure diagrams! In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we use tree ...

Abstract: Linguists have domain specific diagrams for syntactic structures, as well as expectations about the "look and feel" of the diagrams. However, these diagrams have received relatively little ...