Morphosyntactic Analysis: A Study of English and Urdu Determinatives

ABSTRACT: Syntax is the branch of linguistics that determines how two words are brought together to formmeaningful words, phrases, and sentences. It is critical to comprehend the syntax rubrics when learning theEnglish language in order to promote intelligibility, comprehensibility, and interpretability in the perspectivelanguage. To solve this issue with pupils, a morphosyntactic assessment of their papers is required to diagnosetheir writing skills. The goal of this study is to learn about ‘Determinatives’ to increase English LanguageLearners’ language competency. The researcher used the qualitative descriptive approach to analyse the’Determinative Phrases’ obtained from a paragraph in the Intermediate students’ syllabus on ‘An Essay onExcursion Trip.’ The study’s findings indicate that syntax is a tool in the formation of grammatical sentences,and understanding the phrase is almost impossible without a deeper understanding of the Determinatives.

Keywords –Morphosyntax, Intelligibility, Compressibility, Interpretability,Copetence