Download
the latest version of the grammar (same name, same location--newer
version.) Generate the following sentences:Answer Sheet
Download
the latest version of the grammar (same name, same location--newer
version.) Generate the following sentences:
- had eaten two fresh bananas
- was baking some spicy bread.
- was (sic!) read few interesting books.
- Draw a tree diagram showing the derivation of
- "Has the woman been talking to the class?" (Hint: the PP is imm. dominated by V2 and the external by V3 = VP.)
- "The prof asked if the students are standing."
- (NOTE: in the sstructure below, the feature [+Cond] is wrong; it should be [+Interr]. Since it is embedded it is not [-Strong].)
- "Read the book!"
Note that 'you' can be ether plus [+Pl] or minus [-Pl]. Hence, I wrote in [±Pl]. Either one is OK here.
- indicating agreement currently covered, and copying features. Be sure to include any links that may occur. Draw each step indicating which rule has been applied in the first sentence.
This
exercise is an exercise in your ability to solve problems. You
now have enough tools at hand to solve the following problem.
It is important that you do these, as there will be at least one
of these on the final exam.
Compare the following VP and its related NP:
1. construct the castle (They constructed the castle.)2. (the) construction of the castle.
The Logical structure (L-Structure) of 1. is "CONSTRUCT <goal:
THE CASTLE>". Many linguists would argue that the L-structure
of 2. is
CONSTRUCTION <goal: THE CASTLE>.
Let us suppose that they are correct. How would you derive 1.
from the proposed L-structure? Defend your answer using what principles
and what strategies that you know. Chomsky in (1981) claimed that
only V and P ([-N]) assign Case. Don't be concerned here over
the definite determiner. It is not related to anything in the
verbal form. (Goal is a theta role referring to the final state
of an object after it has been altered in some way.) (We have
discussed all the tools necessary to complete this.)
CITY is a noun and is marked for NIL Nom, indicating that it must be marked for Case. CONSTRUCTION governs CITY, but as a noun it cannot assign Case to CITY. The Case Filter predicts that the sentence will fail if CITY has not Case. We go to strategy 2, which is to insert a dummy word--in this case a dummy preposition. 'Of' is one of four known dummy prepositions--it assigns the minus Nominative Case to CITY: the construction of the city.
Open
up the following files and read them if you have not already done
so:
- Mood, negation, the feature strong, and argument assignment.
