ITL Tutorial 9

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 does not exist?

• NP

• AdvP

• AP

• DegP

What phrase is "the book about syntax?"

• NP/DP

• VP

• AP

• XP

And what phrase is "proud of their children?"

• AP

• YP

• PP

• NP

Draw phrase brackets for "a gentle man"

Draw phrase brackets for "yesterday after breakfast!"