Linguistics 322

Fall 1998

Exercise No. 8

Exercise I:

Determine the logical form for the following sentence, determine its surface structure, and explain each step: what motivates each step in the third example:

1. Kelly didn't see the train.
2. Michael has not been singing for an hour.
3. The dishes were not being washed.

Exercise II:

What is wrong with the following sentences?:

1. *John has been not eating a potato.
2. *Mary is had not singing a song for an hour.
3. *Be not written a letter by Gloria.

Course Outline L322