LCD220_exam2_review

Which of the following sentences contains constitutent negation?

• Mabel shouldn't care.

• Dayot isn't joking.

• Hasn't Min-jae retired?

• Bernie should have just not bothered.

Which of the following is true of this structure?

• The verb is unaccusative

• The sentence contains a modal

• It is a progressive construction

• None of the above

Which of the following trees is correct?

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Which of the following languages might the tree correspond to?

• Contemporary English

• French

• both

• neither

Which of the following corresponds to this sentence:

(i) Suwen hasn't spoken.

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Which of the following is a sentence with two auxiliaries and negation.

• Tammy won't have graduated.

• Uri has been sleeping too much.

• Rosa shouldn't be complaining.

• Blas hasn't been working recently.

Which of the following is NOT a kind of evidence that, in English, the verb does not raise out of VP?

• The fact that VP ellipsis elides the verb

• The fact that the verb can take the -ING affix.

• The fact that the verb appears to the right of low adverbs.

• The fact that verbs don't undergo T-C movement.

Which of the following is NOT a difference between main verbs and auxiliaries/modals?

• Auxiliaries/modals can take affixal negation but main verbs can't.

• Auxiliaries/modals are functional morphemes but main verbs are not.

• Auxiliaries/modals survive VP ellipsis but main verbs do not.

• Auxilaries/modals can appear immediately after a subject but main verbs can't.

[Perhaps a bit challenging:] We said that in Spanish, but not English, main verbs raise out of VP. If so, what is a reasonable inference given (i.)?

• The main verb (ronca) doesn't raise as high as T.

• The main verb raises to T and so does negation.

• Both the subject (Emilio) and negation (no) are higher that TP.

• All of the above