Syntax Competence for Grade 8 Students Manifest in Basic Sentence Patterns

Abstract

Syntax competence has a role in the success of communication. Syntax competence is
manifested in the performance in composing sentences. According to the theory of transformation,
sentences are divided into basic sentences and transformation sentences. Basic sentences have a basic
phrase structure pattern, while transformation sentences have a pattern of changing basic sentences.
The syntactic competence, which is manifested in the basic sentences of Indonesian, consists of five
patterns, namely FN1+FN2, FN+FV, FN+FA, FN+FNum, FN+FPrep.