23. Syntax as a part of grammar; its general characteristics.

Syntax deals with word combinations, clauses, sentences, texts, that is their combinability and relationships. These units can be analyzed from different points of view so consequently there exist different syntactic theories. The core of syntax is the study of the sentence. Syntax embraces on the one hand the structure of the sentence, that is, its components, their structure and the relations between these components, and on the other hand structural and communicative types of sentences.