Chapter 5, Syntax

Question 1

whether or not a sentence sounds correct to a native speaker

Answer 1

grammaticality judgment

Question 2

The idea that the meaning of a complex expression is dictated by the meanings of its smaller parts, as well as the rules that combine them

Answer 2

Compositionality

Question 3

Parts of speech, referring to nouns, determiners, verbs, etc. The four most studied are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions

Answer 3

syntactic categories

Question 4

The blueprint for the internal structure of phrases.

Answer 4

X-bar structure

Question 5

An element that helps to make more precise the meaning of the head of the phrase and that occurs immediately beneath XP (e.g.,
the in the book).

Answer 5

Specifier

Question 6

The element around which a phrasal category is built (e.g., V, N, A, P).

Answer 6

Head

Question 7

The element or elements for which a head is subcategorized and which provide(s) information about entities and
locations implied by the meaning of the head
(e.g., the book in bought the book).

Answer 7

complement

Question 8

One or more words that make up a syntactic unit (e.g., the apple in the apple fell onto the floor).

Answer 8

constituent