Linguistics 322

Fall 1998

Exercise No. 2

Exercise I:

1.  Determine the logical structure in tree structure form for the following NPs:

1. the house.
2. that chair
3. this person
4. one book
5. two books
6. the eight unicorns
7. the water
8. the scissors

Be sure include the appropriate features of each item. Then referring to the lexical entry for each below, add the appropriate category for each item. To save drawing time, add the category in another colour other than the one you use for the tree structure:

2.  Determine the lexical entry for the above quantifiers and lexical items (avoid repetition).

Example tree structure:

With categories