The rules for sequencing words to show relationships of meaning within sentences are called?

• A. Syntax
• B. Morphology
• C. Parsing
• D. Idiom

Answer: (A)

The rules for sequencing words to show relationships of meaning within sentences are called syntax. Syntax governs how words combine into phrases and clauses and how their order signals who did what to whom, how subjects agree with verbs, and how modifiers attach to the words they describe. For example, in English the typical order is subject–verb–object, and changing that order can alter who is performing the action or even render a sentence unclear. Morphology deals with the form of words themselves (prefixes, suffixes, tense markers) rather than their arrangement. Parsing is the process of analyzing a sentence’s structure, not the governing rules themselves. An idiom is a fixed expression with a meaning not predictable from the individual words.