What are the rules that govern how words are strung together into meaningful sentences?
a Semantics
b. Pragmatics
c. Morphemics
d. Syntax
Answer: D
Rationale: We can begin to understand what this is by looking at its most basic units: noun phrases and verb phrases.
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