Chapter 5 Syntax Flashcards

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object

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the expression that occurs immediately to the right of the verb

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subject

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the English- the expression that usually occurs immediately to the left of the verb.

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grammatical

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syntactically well-formed

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ungrammatical

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syntactically ill-formed

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syntax

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A component of mental grammar that deals with constructing phrasal expressions out of smaller expressions. (the study of how expressions combine)

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principle of compositionality

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the meaning of a sentence depends on the meaning of the expressions it contains and on the way they are syntactically combined.

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grammatical judgement

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a reflection of speakers’ mental grammar and not a test of their conscious knowledge of the prescriptive rules

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linguistic expressions

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Is a piece of language 1)- that has a certain form (what it sounds like) 2)- a certain meaning - and most relevantly, 3)- some syntactic properties as well.

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word order

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how expressions are allowed to be ordered with respect to one another

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co-occurrence

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If some expression occurs in a sentence, what other expressions can or must co-occur with it in that sentence.

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complements

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non-subject arguments

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adjunct

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certain kinds of expressions whose occurrence in a sentence are purely optional

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syntactic constituents

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certain groups of expressions within a larger phrase can form a syntactic unit (smaller expressions out of which the phrase was constructed)

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cleft

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a kind of sentence in which some constituent is displaced (or moved) to the left

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sentential complement verb

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verbs that require a complement of category “S” to form a VP

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ditransitive verbs (DTV)

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verbs that require 2 NP complements and a subject NP argument

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transitive verbs (TV)

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verbs that require a NP complement to form a VP

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verb phrase (VP)

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consists of those expressions that, when combined with an NP on their left,will result in a sentence, that is an expression of category “S”

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noun phrase (NP)

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consist of personal pronouns (he, she, you, it, we, etc.) proper names and any other expressions that have the same distribution

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N adjuncts

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adjectives combined with nouns

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VP adjuncts

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adverbs combined with a VP to form an expression of category VP

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syntactic categories

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consists of a set of expressions that have very similar syntactic properties

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intransitive verbs

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verbs that require no complements

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sentence(S)

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a syntactic category that consist of all phrasal expressions that can grammatically occur

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prepositional phrase(PP)
the name of a syntactic category that consist of those expressions that contain a preposition and a noun phrase
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preposition
the name of a lexical category and a syntactic category that consist of expressions such as of, in, for, with, etc.
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adverb (ADV)
the name of a lexical category and a syntactic category that consists of expressions such as quickly, well, furiously, etc.
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adjective (ADJ)
the name of a lexical category and a syntactic category. Morphologically consist of words to which the comparative suffix -er or the suffix -ness can be added
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determiner (Det)
the name of a lexical category and a syntactic category that consists of expressions such as the, a, this, all, etc.
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noun (N)
the name of a lexical category and a syntactic category. Morphologically consists of words to which the plural suffix -s or the suffix -like can be added
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homophonous
expressions that correspond to the same single word form Ex. mole- rodent, growth on skin Ex. Sally has a fast car - adj Sally walks fast - adv
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lexical ambiguity
the kind of ambiguity exemplified by bank (same form but 2 very different meanings) - a single word corresponds to distinct expressions that differ in meaning, syntactic properties or both
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ambiguous
a form that is shared by more that one expression
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ambiguity
the phenomenon by which a single linguistic form (e.g. word or string of words) can be the form of more than one distinct linguistic expression
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phrasal structure rules
rules used to capture patterns of syntactic combinations -similar in form to lexical entries -contain only names of syntactic categories Ex. S --- NPVP
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argument
expressions with co-occurrence requirements
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modifiers
additional information about the expression (attributive adjectives- adjuncts) sometimes called modifiers
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agreement
distinct expressions in a sentence may be required to have the same value for some grammatical feature in which case we say that they agree with respect to that feature
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substitution
a test that involves replacing a constituent with a single word or simple phrase
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pro-form
best words to use for substitution test- pro-nouns, he/him, she/her, it, they/them, one, that, pro-verbs do (so), be, have, then, such