Sytax

What is syntax?

• Dictionary definition of a word

• Arrangements of word in a sentence

• Internal structure of words

• How sounds pattern in a word

Which diagram refers to a teacher of history whose nationality is American?

• Diagram (i)
• Diagram (ii)
• It is ambiguous

A clause needs to include

• subject + predicate

• subject + predict

• Santa Claus

• Noun phrase

_________________ was one of the most influential linguists in the field of syntax.

• Paul Broca
• Carl Wernicke
• Noam Chomsky
• William Shakespeare

In the sentence “The fat man ate food,” which part is the noun phrase?

• Man
• Ate
• The fat man
• Ate food

To test if a constituent is valid, you can use

• Movement test

• Division test

• Multiplication test

• Substitution test

...... function as most important word in a phrase.

• Heads

• Words

• Subject

Noun Phrases are strings of words whose head is....

• subject

• phrase

• noun

Identify the phrase "unbelievably expensive" in the following sentence.

Houses are unbelievably expensive just now.

• Adjective Phrase

• Adverb Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase

Identify the phrase "early" in the following sentence.

Don't you have to leave early?

• Adjective Phrase

• Adverb Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase