Week 8

A flat structure illustrates the same level hierarchically.

• True

• False

Choose the book that DID NOT introduce X-bar Level analysis in syntax.

• Chomsky

  (1970) Remarks on Nominalization

• Radford’s (1988) Transformational Grammar: A First Course

• Carnie's (2013) Syntax

• Jackendoff’s (1977) X-bar Syntax.

When drawing syntactic trees, what is the correct approach regarding irrelevant details?

• Avoid using triangles to obscure irrelevant details.
  

• Use triangles to obscure irrelevant details.

• Include irrelevant details in a separate tree.

• Always show all details, even if irrelevant.

What alternative is commonly used for the intermediate level when overbars are hard to type?

• Underscore (_)
  

• Dash (-)

• Asterisk (*)

• Prime (') or apostrophe (‘)

The requirement that phrases are headed is called docentricity.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements correctly describes an adjunct in syntax?

• It behaves like an adverb.

• It behaves like a verb.

• It behaves like an oblique.

• It behaves like an object.

Choose the correct PSR for a complement.

• X' → X (WP)

• X' → X' (X)

• X' → X' (ZP)

• X → X' (ZP)

How can prepositions help distinguish a complement from an adjunct in English?

• Complements always take prepositions such as from, at, and to.

• Adjuncts and complements both take the preposition of.

• Prepositions do not help distinguish between complements and adjuncts.

• Complements almost always take the preposition of, while adjuncts take other prepositions like from, at, to, with, under, or on.

How can you determine the position of an adjunct relative to a complement in a syntactic tree?

• Complements are always higher in the tree than adjuncts.

• Adjuncts are always closer to the head than complements.

• Adjuncts are always higher in the tree than complements and further from the head.

• Adjuncts and complements appear at the same level in a tree.

Which element below is a specifier?

• noun

• determiner

• verb

• preposition