Syntax activity

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Does it make sense

By Karen Daniela Pimiento Villarreal

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Does this sentece make sense? "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"

Noam Chomsky

Yes, it makes sense

Everything is wrong with this phrase

I feel like it doesn´t make sense

Correct answer

Grammar is correct but it desn´t have anything to do with meaning

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What do you understand from the following sentece?

"The chicken is ready to eat"

The chicken can eat whatever it wants because it is ready

I can go ahead and eat the chicken

It may have two meanings

Correct answer

When a sentence has the same structure but it can be interpreted in more than one way, we are talking about syntax ambiguity.

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Substitude the words underlined with just one word, is it possible?

My sister´s cat has been sleeping all day on the couch

It is possible But if I do it, the meaning of the original phrase is going to change

It is impossible

It is possible

Correct answer

When a group of words can be subtitute by one word without loosing its meaning, we are proving the relationship between those words and how a group of words can act a single unit.

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Are there diffferent relationships within the same words in both sentences?

-She has everything a man wants -And wants everything a man has

No, there are not Both sentences mean the same thing.

Yes, there are several manings

Yes, there are two different relationships

Correct Answer

There is an order and a hierichal structure in sentences, which helps us understand the relationship within the words

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