What linguistic concept addresses how words are arranged into phrases and sentences?

• A. Syntax
• B. Semantics
• C. Phonology
• D. Morphology

Answer: (A)

Syntax is the study of how words are arranged into phrases and sentences. It governs word order, how subjects and verbs pair, and how noun phrases and other elements connect to form grammatical structures. That’s why this choice fits best: it focuses on the arrangement rules that make sentences possible. Semantics concerns meaning, phonology deals with sound patterns, and morphology studies the internal form of words. For example, in English the usual order is subject-verb-object, as in "The cat chased the mouse," which reflects syntactic rules.