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1phrase = head + [blank_start]modifiers[blank_end]
- Amodifiers
2the head of a phrase does control not the modifiers
- ATrue
- BFalse
3the modifiers of a phrase can be obligatory, which are known as [blank_start]complements[blank_end], or they can be optional, which are known as [blank_start]adjuncts[blank_end]
- Acomplements
- Badjunts
- Cadjuncts
- Dheads
4a clause at minimum is constituted of [blank_start]v. + complements[blank_end], but it can be constituted of [blank_start]v. + complements + adjuncts[blank_end]
- Av. + complements
- Bv. + complements + adjuncts
5in clauses, verbs and complements are adjacent, but adjuncts fall to the outside of the clause, i.e, not between the verb and its complements
- ATrue
- BFalse
6[blank_start]collocations[blank_end] are regular fixed combinations of heads and complements
- Acollocations
7according to phrase structure rules:
S → [blank_start]NP VP[blank_end]
NP → {Art (adj) N, PN, Pro}
VP → [blank_start]V NP[blank_end]- ANP VP
- BV NP
8tests for phrases include:
1. [blank_start]transposition[blank_end]: by moving an entire sequence of words into different slots in a clause as evidence that this sequence is a phrase
2. [blank_start]substitution[blank_end]: a single word substitutes for a number of words hanging together as a phrase
3. [blank_start]Ellipsis[blank_end] - two independent clauses of the same status joined with conjunction and ellipted some part
4. [blank_start]coordination[blank_end] - words, clauses, phrases of the same status are coordinated by (joined) special words (and/or)- Atransposition
- Bsubstitution
- CEllipsis
- Dcoordination
9in syntax, a [blank_start]phrase[blank_end] is a slot in which one or more words or phrases can occur
- Aphrase
10[blank_start]lexical[blank_end] words carry the meaning and are an open class of words, while [blank_start]functional or grammatical[blank_end] words carry no meaning and are a closed class of words
- Alexical
- Bfunctional or grammatical
11[blank_start]the telegram test[blank_end] is a test where only CONTENT words turn up in telegrams, such as nouns, verbs, and, less often, adjectives and adverbs
- Athe telegram test
12the criteria for word classes can be:
1. [blank_start]morphological[blank_end] - what grammatical suffixes a word allows ( في العربية، ما يقبل التنوين اسم)
2. [blank_start]morph-syntactic[blank_end] - inflectional suffixes (number and time in English)
3. [blank_start]syntactic[blank_end] - words occur with what and types of phrases
4. [blank_start]semantic[blank_end] - meaning is not enough in determining word class- Amorphological
- Bmorph-syntactic
- Csyntactic
- Dsemantic
13lexicology is important in syntax because it let's us know how each word behaves in a sentence and whether the word imposes some restrictions on other words in the sentence
- ATrue
- BFalse
14subcategorization is concerned with the constraints that lexical verbs place on the number of constituents, choice of preposition, and choice of case
- ATrue
- BFalse
15classes of verbs are traditional labels for taking about classes of verbs rather than individual ones and they include:
1. [blank_start]intransitive[blank_end] verb - excludes a NP to its right - he smiled
2. [blank_start]transitive[blank_end] verb - requires a NP to its right - he kicked the ball
3. [blank_start]ditransitive[blank_end] verb - requires 2 NPs to its right - Frank sent Marry flowers
4. [blank_start]intransitive locational[blank_end] verb - excludes a NP to its right, but requires a PP - Kim sat in an armchair
5. [blank_start]Transitive[blank_end] directional verb - requires to its right both a NP and a directional phrase - Mr. Smith handed his wife into the carriage
6. [blank_start]copula[blank_end] (linking verb)- Aintransitive
- Btransitive
- Cditransitive
- Dintransitive locational
- ETransitive
- Fcopula
16"suggest" is a verb that allows a complement phrase
- ATrue
- BFalse
17selectional restrictions are constraints affecting the type of lexical nouns
- ATrue
- BFalse
18a [blank_start]grammatical[blank_end] subject agrees in number with the verb, is never preceded by a preposition and occurs in the by phrase in the passive
- Agrammatical
19a [blank_start]logical[blank_end] subject is the agent, logically speaking, who did the action
- Alogical
20a [blank_start]psychological[blank_end] subject is the thing/entity that the sentence is about
- Apsychological
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- Quiz on syntax, created by Omnia M on 07/10/2019.
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