Syntax I

Syntax is the study of sentence structure.

• true

• false

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Constituency tests

Which statements are true?

• One constituency test is enough to prove the constituents of a sentence.

• There are several test that can be applied.

• Constituency test are syntactic operations that can be applied to strings of words.

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Pronominalization is also called substitution test.

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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Coordination is a test that is always very reliable.

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

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To test verbal constituents, we can use ....

• gapping.

• coordination.

• pronominalzation.

• sentence fragment.

Name the kind of test.

Many women are scientists.

[Many women] and [many men] are scientists.

• gapping

• coordination

• pronominalization

• sentence fragments

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

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CCSS.L.5.1E

Name the kind of test.

Birds wake me up every day at 5 o'clock in spring.

Who wakes me up every day at 5 o'clock in spring? [birds]

• pronominalization

• sentence fragment

• gapping

• coordination

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CCSS.L.4.1F

How do we visualize syntactic structure?

• trees

• constituent constructs

• sentences

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

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Each ______ in a tree to a set of branches [ ]

• sentence

• branch

• node

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CCSS.L.4.1B