‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
Philadelphia University
Faculty of Arts
Department of English
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Model Answers and Marks Distribution
Semester: 1st semester
Academic year :2012/2012
Instructor's Name : Dr.Khalil Nofal
Module Title: Syntax
1st exam
Examination :
Model Answer :
Questionَ
1.
Module No.: 0120235
Model Answer Components
Mark
1. Diachronic description: is to describe the language as it
develops from one period of time to another. e.g. OE,
Mid E , and Mod E .
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2. Dialect: is a language variety , mutually intelligible
forms of a language that differ in systematic ways
from each other used in a certain area as a means of
communication e.g., American English. British
English. OE. MidE, ModE.
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3. Syntax: The study of sentence structure in terms of
categories and functions e.g. :
Ali is a teacher
"Ali" is NP functions as subject
" is" is VP functioning as predicator
" a teacher" is NP functioning as SA
4. Structural ambiguity : is that a surface structure may
have more than one deep structure e.g. They are
moving sidewalks To mean : The laborers are
moving the sidewalks or these sidewalks are
moveable.
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5. Rank – Scale: is a syntactic term in which the higher
rank includes lower ranks or lower ranks are
included into higher rank . e.g.
Text
Sentences
Clauses
phrases
words
morphemes
phonemes
a)
Allomorphs:
-ed
/d/
/t/
/ id/
-es
2.
/s/
/z/
/ iz/
b)
Bound morpheme as a root : ceive - tain
c)
Noun suffix : hood - childhood
d)
Conversion: play (N) and (V)
e)
Subject attribute : our teacher is happy
" happy" is an adj phrase functioning as SA
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a) They found him boring .
Category: Adj. p.
Function: OA
b) She called me a taxi .
Category: NP
Function: BO
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c) John is a teacher.
Category: NP
Function: SA
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d) This car belongs to me.
Category: prep.p
Function: PC
e) That she is clever is obvious.
Category: F.CL
Function: S

4.
Students should handle
- transitive and intransitive verbs
- monotransitive
- distransitive
- complex transitive
- transition PC
- copula – linking verbs
- non –transitive PC
Day & Date:
Module Instructor: Dr.Khalil Nofal
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