sentences 19 Flashcards
1
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what are minor differences
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difference in distribution between syntactic categories and syntactic properties of particular words.
2
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What are major differences
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parameters
3
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what are the two types of head complement condition
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right branching and left branching
4
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what is right branching
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head precedes complement. english, modals precede verb. verb preced objects. prepositions. relative clauses follow referent
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what is left branching
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head follows complement. Japanese. Modals follow verbs. verbs follow objects. postpositions. relative clause precede referent
6
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in english what is the wh movement parameter
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wh-words move to specifier of CP
7
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in japanese, what is the wh-movement
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wh-words do not move
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