Syntax

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

study of sentence structure deals with the organization of words into larger sequences

Question 2

Properties of generative grammar

Answer 2

• gives a set of rules to correctly predict which word combinations will form grammatical sentences
• human brain can create a language if it has a given set of rules

Question 3

Surface structure

Answer 3

final result of grammar, determines sound

Question 4

Deep structure

Answer 4

underlying structure based on grmmatical catgeories and constructed by syntatic rules, determined meaning

Question 5

TRUE or FALSE: Different surface structures can have the same deep structure.

Answer 5

True.

Question 6

Meaning

Answer 6

semantic interpretation, determined by deep structure

Question 7

Pronunciation

Answer 7

phonetic interpretation, determined by surface structure

Question 8

What is the role of transformation?

Answer 8

It converts the semantically relevant level of linguistic description into a phonetic one.

Question 9

Structural ambiguity

Answer 9

when one surface structure, presents different deep structures (HOLMES PICTURE)

Question 10

Tree grams

Answer 10

a way to present the hierarchal nature of sentence structure

Question 11

Phase structure rules state that…

Answer 11

• a phrase of a specific type will consist of one or more elements in a particular order;
• they are a presentation of a structure of a given phrase;
• can be categorical or lexical

Question 12

Recursion

Answer 12

the ability to put smaller sentences into bigger sentences

Question 13

Transformation rules

Answer 13

take a specific part of a structure and attach it to a different part, producing a different sense and form. We need to specify what we are moving, form where and to where