Syntax, on the other hand, refers to the correct combination of these words in order to make sentences. As mentioned above, phonology is the study of the different sounds that we use to form words. These minimal units of sound are called phonemes. Phenomes vary greatly across cultures, which presents part of the difficulty in studying a second or third language. In most languages, there is anywhere from twenty to eighty phenomes that are used in the entire language.
Syntax rules differ among languages, as well.
A thorough understanding of syntax is a very important for communicating longer and more complex ideas. Semantics is the study word and sentence meanings. The first big step in language development is babbling, the emission of meaningless sounds similar to phenomos. Babies from three to twelve months old babble, at first, phenomes from their home language and languages outside their home. With time, babbles become limited to the home language, while other languages' phonemes gradually disappear.