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California State University, Northridge
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LING 404 | Syntax
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2024
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Syntax Blocks Syntax describes the form (or structure, grammar) of a sequence of things. It provides a way to determine if something is of proper (or valid, legal) form. Full Name of a person, for example, has a definite form in many countries, consisting of some salutation (Mr, Ms, etc) followed by a first name, then followed by either a middle name or initial, followed by a last name and ending with a list of various degrees ,etc. Examples of improper FullName syntax Joe Mr. Tea Mr and Mrs Sippi 7777 Blow, Joe Examples of proper FullName syntax Jane Doe Mr. John Q. Doe Ms Jane Mary Doe Prof. Bill Q. Gates III Mary J. MacHinery II M.D. Ph.D. Notation, describing syntax, can be done in various ways (syntax diagrams, bnf, etc) but here the syntax is described by syntax boxes as shown. Solid rectangular boxes indicate what parts are required (First name and last name), Boxes with long dashes (such as a title or middle name) indicate optional parts (zero or one only). Boxes with dots or shorter dashes (and more of them, suggest more parts) indicate zero or more parts; for example the ending consists of any number of end “phrases”. The text in bold type is to bewritten exactlly as shown, whereas the text in normal type is defined elsewhere in some box. For example, the title can be any one selected from the many in the given Title box. Similarly the mid name is either a name or initial; the dashed line inside indicating the “or”. An initial part is a CapitalLetter followed by a period, whereas a name is a CapitalLetter followed by any number of letters. FullName Salutation FirstName title title Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. Dr. Prof. Sir Lady Rev. other MidName name LastName mid name mid name initial name CapLetter Letters initial CapLetter period Endings list list Esq. M.D. Ph.D. I II III IV Jr. Sr. etc

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