Collocation as a syntactic unit

Syntax is a section of linguistics that explores and formulates the rules for building coherent speech. Syntactic units are considered phrases and simple sentences.

A phrase is the use of two or more words using a composing or subordinate connection. One of them is the main one, and the rest are dependent. From the main one you can ask a question, the answer to which will be dependent words.

The structure distinguishes between simple and complex phrases. Simple phrases are those that consist of two words, and if the phrase contains more than two words, then it is complex. In simple phrases, a strong connection of the main word with the dependent is observed, and in complex phrases, due to several subordinate connections, it weakens. Academic grammar allows up to four words in simple phrases.

Phrases are also distinguished by the degree of soldering of the components. Syntactic free are those phrases that are easily divided into component parts, and syntactically non-free - form an indecomposable unity. Usually, syntactically non-free phrases appear in a sentence as a single member and cannot be used separately from each other: three stools, a lot of time.

According to the type of creative connection, full and incomplete phrases are distinguished. In full phrases, all grammatical categories coincide, and in incomplete dependent words are likened to the main forms.

In addition, phrases are also distinguished by compatibility. There are two types of them: free and not free. Non-free, in turn, are also divided into non-free phraseological and syntactic.

A subordinate link is a connection of unequal parts. It is always closed, and the means of expression are means of communication, word forms, intonation and lexical means.

One of the types of subordinate communication is coordination. In the phrase, when coordinated, all dependent words are in the same genus, number and case as the main word. But coordination may be incomplete when the words match only the number and case: "our doctor."

Management also refers to subordinate communication. Dependent words in management take the same form as the main word dictates. With a strong form of control, the main word determines the appearance of the necessary case forms, while with a weak one it does not.

Another type of subordinate connection is adjacency. With him, the dependent word shows its dependence on the main word only by lexical meaning. The forms of mutable words do not express a syntactic dependence: do it quickly.