ITL Tutorial 10 (WS25/26)

What does a syntactical head 'project?'

• A maximal projection

• A head projection

• An intermediate projection

• A minimal projection

What constituency test does not exist?

• Deletion

• Backformation

• Coordination

• Substitution

What constituency test is at work here? "What the five old fish saw was [three young crabs]"

• Coordination

• Replacement

• Movement

• Question Formation

And what about this one? "The biologist likes to read [poetry] and [books about snails]"

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Coordination

• Clefting

What phrase is "book about syntax?"

• NP

• VP

• AP

• XP

And what phrase is "proud of their children?"

• AP

• YP

• PP

• NP

N° projects...

• N'

• N

• DP

• NP

How many NPs are in "We were forced to stop our car just outside the parking lot by the border patrol."

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

"[They] can be seen from [there]." What constituency test can be observed?

• Coordination

• Substitution

• Deletion

• Movement

Which of these bracketed bits is not a constitutent?

• [The other guests] dragged the drunkard out of the bar.

• The other guests [dragged the drunkard] out of the bar.

• The other guests dragged the drunkard out of [the bar].

• The other [guests dragged] the drunkard out of the bar.