LIN 1310 Outline for Second Test
O&A:
Chapter 5:
The test covers pages 132-155
But not Section 5.33 Do insertion pages 151-152
Study Guide: Pages 103-123
You should have read:
CER: Jacobs and Rosenbaum, Pp. 183–188, “What Do
Native Speakers Know About Their Language?”
Notes on the website:
Syntax
First Notes and Trees after Syntax Power Point
Corrected slides 148 and 154
Don’t forget to review trees for sentences containing
perfect ‘have’ and progressive ‘be’.
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Breakdown of Test
Part 1: Theory and Definitions
30 True/False questions (30 points)
Part 2: Node labels for words and phrases
10 multiple choice questions (10 points)
You will be given an English sentence with a bracketed
portion. You will be required to choose the correct node
label in the tree immediately above the bracketed portion in
the case of single word or the node label in the tree that
encompasses the entire bracketed portion in the case of a
phrase.
Example:
1. The customer paid for the [book].
A. preposition B. adverb C. determiner D. complementizer E. noun
The customer paid [for the book].
A. prepositional phrase B. noun phrase C. relative clause D. determiner
E. modifier
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Part 3: X’ schema
10 multiple choice questions (10 points)
You will be given an English sentence with a bracketed
portion. - You will be required to identify the role of the
bracketed portion in the X’ schema.
Example:
1. The customer paid for the [book].
A. head B. complement C. noun clause D. specifier E. modifier
2. The customer paid [for the book].
A. head B. complement C. noun clause D. specifier E. modifier
The best way to handle parts 2 and 3 is to draw the phrase
structure tree for the sentence somewhere on your test
questionnaire. Then you can refer to your tree to determine
the answers to the multiple choice questions.
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Part 4: Deep Structure Trees
4 True/False questions (8 points)
You will be shown a syntactic tree and asked in True/False
format if it is the correct D structure tree for a particular
sentence. Sentences could be declaratives or questions and
may be simple or complex.
Example:
1. The tree (shown below) is the D structure for the
sentence ‘Can the children sing?”
True
False
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CP
C’
C
+Q
IP
I’
NP
I
VP
-pst
N’
Det
the
V’
N
children
V
can
sing
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Part V. Move Transformations
6 multiple choice questions (12 points)
NB: Pay attention to the order in which we do the Moves for the
sentences we derive. The Moves must be carried out in the correct
order.
Example:
On the next page you will find the correct D-structure for the
sentence: “Can the children sing?” Answer the following questions
with respect to that tree.
1. The first move transformation required to derive the
sentence ‘Can the children sing?” is:
A. Verb Movement B. Inversion C. Wh-movement D. Trace insertion
E. None
2. The second move transformation required to derive the
sentence ‘Can the children sing?” is:
A. Verb Movement B. Inversion C. Wh-movement D. Trace insertion
E. None
3. After the application of the first move transformation,
the tree for the sentence “Can the children sing?” will
contain a trace (t) in place of the following element in the
original D-structure tree:
A. can B. children C. the children
D. sing
E. there will be no trace
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CP
C’
C
+Q
IP
I’
NP
I
VP
-pst
N’
Det
the
V’
N
children
V
can
sing
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