Linguistics 322

Fall 1999

Exercise No. 2

Exercise I:

1.  Determine the argument structure and tree structure form for the following NPs:

1. two books
2. three persons
3. rice
4. one hat
5. 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 filling in the blank feature. 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 and government links: