Chapter 5 Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
Q
Head
A
word-level category
2
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Compounds
A
ignore orthography. look at the stressed syllable
3
Q
Inflection
A
“tense” of a sentence. +/- pst, may, might, will
4
Q
Complement
A
necessary component of a sentence. closest to the ehad
5
Q
Modifier
A
not necessary to the sentence. goes off the X’ further from the head.
ONLY PP and AP
6
Q
Specifier
A
Helps make head more specific
7
Q
NP Specifier
A
determiner (det)
8
Q
AP Specifier
A
degree (deg)
9
Q
VP Specifier
A
adverb (adv)
10
Q
PP Specifier
A
degree
11
Q
IP Specifier
A
NP
12
Q
Hierarchical structure
A
seen through the X’ bar and tree formation of a sentence
13
Q
Constituents
A
units into which words are grouped
14
Q
Constituency tests
A
substitution, coordination, and movement
15
Q
Distribution
A
where lexical categories can go in a sentence
