Linguistics 322

SPRING 1999

Exercise No. 2

Exercise I:

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

  1. two books

  1. three persons

  1. rice

 

  1. one hat

  1. cattle

 

 

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).

 TWO lexical set of features
  Qu Category
+ Count
+ Plural
2 Semantic link

 

 THREE lexical set of features
  Qu Category
+ Count
+ Plural
3 Semantic link

 

 ONE lexical set of features
  Qu Category
+ Count
- Plural
1 Semantic link