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Syntactic Manifestation of Phrase Structure Grammar and
Immediate Constituent Analysis in Marathi

Milind M. Ahire, M.A., SET, PGCTE, PGDTE

Abstract

Language works, among other features, on syntactic substance. It forms the foundation of linguistic workings. Syntax works at sentence level. Sentence formation implies interrelationship among constituents of sentence. The intertwining relations among linguistic units fulfill the eligibility of sentence to get formed become grammatical. Traditional and modern linguistics have different perspectives in analyzing units of sentence. However, they do not neglect the existence of rules that govern Phrase Structure Grammar and Immediate Constituent Analysis. The paper discusses the theory of phrase structure grammar and immediate constituent analysis in Marathi with reference to English syntax. The paper has two prime objectives. First, it attempts to mark peculiarities of phrase structure grammar and immediate constituent analysis in Marathi syntax. Second, it tries to analyze sample linguistic data of Marathi and draw attention towards how phrase structure grammar and immediate constituent analysis govern syntax of Marathi.

Keywords: Syntax, IC analysis, PSR, Linguistics

Introduction

Syntax is the system made up of rules and categories that allow words to form sentences. Similarly, Chomsky considers syntax as the part which accounts for the regularities governing the combination of words. The tacit assumption is that syntactic structure of a sentence can be explained by specifying the units it is composed of and the order in which they are put together. Thus, the child hears his/her parents and people around and finds structural regularities and rules that govern such regularities time and again. The child uses the same regularities to construct new sentences, some of them never uttered and heard before. Franz Boas (1858-1942) in his introduction to the Handbook of American Indian Languages published in 1911 put forth his view with the support of examples from many North American languages about peculiarity of each language. He comments that every language has its own grammatical structure and it is the task of the linguist to discover for each language the categories of description appropriate to it and should not blindly model on other language systems. Likely, it is difficult to accept that structural manifestation of one language possibly accounts for the syntactic workings of other languages.

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Milind M. Ahire, M.A., SET, PGCTE, PGDTE
Assistant Professor of English
M.G. Vidyamandir’s Arts, Science and Commerce College
Pandurang Nagar
Manmad 423104
Maharashtra
India
milindahire7@gmail.com

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