Question

Syntax refers to:

• A. The smallest unit of a language
• B. The smallest meaningful unit
• C. A word formation technique
• D. Systematic arrangement and positioning of words

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Systematic arrangement and positioning of words

📌 Syntax is the branch of linguistics that studies how words are arranged and combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language.
📌 It focuses on sentence structure and grammatical relationships between words.

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💡 The other options:

• a) The smallest unit of a language → refers to phoneme

• b) The smallest meaningful unit → refers to morpheme

• c) A word formation technique → refers to morphology or word-formation processes