Keywords - L222.2

Chapter 2: Structure

• constituent
  • group of phonemes, morphemes, words, or phrases w/ a function
• evidence for constituent
  • repositioning
  • substitution
  • omission
  • conjunction
  • dependency
• NP
  • tests
  • argument structure
  • head - complement
• PP
  • tests
  • argument structure
  • head - complement
• AP
  • tests
  • argument structure
  • head - complement
• VP
  • tests
  • argument structure
  • head - complement
• verb types
  • main
  • auxiliary
    • modal
    • non-modal
  • *M
    • Not a distinct category
• S (CP)
• Morphological evidence for categories (heads)
  • Clitic "-'s" evidence for NP
• Where do auxiliary verbs occur? -- Radford is wrong!
  • dependency (main evidence)
  • conjunction (weak evidence)
• Phrasal Verbs--part I
  • Sometimes P is not part of the following NP
  • In this case P is part of V forming a phrasal verb
• The negative particle not
  • adjunction

   

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