Syntax

Question 1

phrasal categories

Answer 1

NP, VP, AdvP, AP

Question 2

lexical categories

Answer 2

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Question 3

functional categories

Answer 3

Det, and T

Question 4

X-bar schema

Answer 4

specifier, head and its compliments and adjuncts

NP headed by Noun, etc.

Question 5

grammar

Answer 5

a formally stated, explicit description of the mental grammar of the speaker’s linguistic competence

Question 6

lexicon

Answer 6

represents the knowledge that a speaker has about the vocabulary including c- and s-selection

Question 7

d-structure

Answer 7

(deep-structure) the basic structure of a sentence before transformations are applied

Question 8

s-structure

Answer 8

derived structure after transformations have been applied
or
the output of transformational rules

Question 9

transformational rules

Answer 9

relocate constituents, accounting for relationships between sentences (ex. declarative and interrogative pairs)

Question 10

structure dependent

Answer 10

UG principle that states that syntax and movement rules cannot move phrases outside of certain structures or violate X-bar schema