Syntax- Phrase structure and constituency

Question 1

Constituent

Answer 1

A group of words that can be contained in square brackets or under a node of a tree

Question 2

Cleft sentence

Answer 2

It is [constituant] that…

Question 3

Pseudo-cleft sentence

Answer 3

What… is/was [consituant]

Question 4

Determiner

Answer 4

Can be any of the following:
An article: a(n), the,
A demonstrative: this, that, these, those
A possessive determiner/pronoun: my, your, her, his, its, our, their
A possessive NP: Elizabeth’s, My mother’s sisters’ friend’s…
A “wh” determiner: which(ever), what(ever), whose,
A negative determiner: no
A quantifier: every/each, some/any