Information Structure and Pragmatics

Choose the correct form of " Fronting "in the next sentence.

" The lecture was fascinating ".

• Was fascinating the lecture.

• Fascinating the lecture was.

• Fascinating was the lecture.

Choose the indefinite article

• a

• an

• the

• its

What is the correct word order in English?

• Object + Verb + Subject (OVS)

• Verb + Subject + Object (VSO)

• Subject + Verb + Object (SVO)

• Subject + Object + Verb (SOV)

Syntax must encode semantic structure

• True

• False

What is an example of a cleft sentence?

• Is it August that you are going on holiday?

• Taking other people's money is what Lily likes.