How does the chronological organization of the author’s research contribute to the central idea of the text?
SEGREGATED FROM ITS HISTORY, HOW 'GHETTO' LOST ITS MEANING

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.