LING345/640G
Y. Otsuka
Grammar Description
Check List
Phoneme
Verbal
constructions
Adjectives
Nominal
constructions
Articles
Pronouns
Possessives
Interrogatives
Negative
How many vowels?
How many consonants?
Word order (e.g., SVO, VSO, OVS)
- Intransitive construction: e.g., John laughs.
- Transitive construction: e.g., John studies linguistics.
- Anything else?
Inflection
- Tense/Aspect
- Agreement
Noun markers (subject marker, object marker, or something else?)
As a modifier: e.g., a beautiful flower
- Do adjectives precede or follow the noun?
As a predicate: e.g., the flower is beautiful
- Word order (copula?)
- Inflection (tense/aspect, agreement)
- Noun markers
e.g., John is a teacher.
- Word order (copula?)
- Inflection (tense/aspect, agreement)
- Noun markers
Definite article
Indefinite article
Singular-plural distinction?
Person and number
Inclusive and exclusive
- Are they marked with a noun marker?
- Do they occur in the same position as other nouns?
Categories (classes)
Structure
- Possessive preposition (e.g., the cover of a book)
- Possessive pronouns (e.g., my book)
How do you form a yes-no question?
Wh-questions
- Wh-words (e.g., what, where, when, who, etc.)
- Word order
- Any special construction?
How do you form a negative sentence?
- Verbal constructions
- Adjectival constructions
- Nominal constructions