Word Catgeories Flashcards
True or false: Not all sentences are syntactically grammatical
True
True or false: Syntax is related to meaning
False
True or false: Languages have rules about how words should be combined into sentences
True
Categories that transmit meaning are (lexical/functional) and categories that are required by the grammar of the language are (lexical/functional)
Lexical; functional
True or false: Lexical categories are closed and not updated over time
False
Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are part of ___________ categories
Lexical
Determiners, degree words, prepositions, complementizers, conjunctions, auxiliaries and pronouns are part of __________ categories
Functional
True or false: Functional categories are closed
True
True or false: A single word can be a constituent
True
True or false: Same strings of words cannot belong to different constituents in different sentences
False, they can
Which test can be done by replacing a word/phrase by another word/phrase without affecting the grammaticality or syntactic structure of the sentence?
Substitution test
Which test can be done by moving a phrase to a different part of the sentence, often to the beginning?
Movement test
Which test can be done by coordinating constituents of the same type using a coordinating conjunction?
Coordination test
Can all syntactic categories be coordinated?
No
