Chapter 8: More on Clauses

Question 1

agreement

Answer 1

Syntactic relation between words and phrases which are compatible, in a given construction, by virtue of inflections carried by at least one of them. Eg. The verb must agree with the noun in number - they eat, she eats.

Question 2

inflection phrase (IP)

Answer 2

Refers to the ‘maximal projection’ of the I-node. This was proposed by Chomsky in 1986. It is a functional category as opposed to a lexical category (N, V, A, P, or AdvP) and contains a different kind of Head to these other phrases.

Question 3

I-node

Answer 3

A node on a tree diagram which accommodate tense and agreement features.

Question 4

features

Answer 4

Components of the I-node, which identify tense and agreement for the verb.

Question 5

relative clauses

Answer 5

clausal Adjuncts in NPs.

Question 6

subordinate clause

Answer 6

a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause. They can act as DO, Subject (‘[That Jenny is old] annoys me) or as an Adjunct. They can also act as a Complement or Adjunct within phrases.

Question 7

nonrestrictive relative clause

Answer 7

when the relative clause does not add information that identifies the noun as individual ie a particular summer, or a particular book. It functionally acts as an Adjunct (132).

Question 8

restrictive relative clause

Answer 8

when the relative clause adds information that identifies the noun as specific eg that summer last year, the book with the gold edging. It functionally acts as an Adjunct. (132).