Analyze and comment on the following.Take “The dog is chasing a cat” as an example to explain its grammatical meaning.
GRAMMATICAL MEANING REFERS TO THAT PART OF THE MEANING OF THE WORD WHICH INDICATES GRAMMATICAL CONCEPT OR RELATIONSHIP. IN THE ABOVE SENTENCE, THE WORD “DOG” AND “CAT” ARE NOUNS AND BOTH ARE SINGULAR USED AS SUBJECT AND OBJECT IN THE SENTENCE RESPECTIVELY; “IS CHASING” IS THE PREDICATE VERB IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE, AND “THE” AND “A” ARE DETERMINERS, RESTRICTING THE REFERENT AND INDICATING NUMBER.
