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1Syntax is the study/rule of how sentences are formed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Nouns, Adverbs, Adjectives, Verbs, Prepositions are all [blank_start]syntactic categories[blank_end].
- Asyntactic categories
3What are the formal criteria for determining lexical categories?
- AFor Nouns: can you add a plural or determiner?
- BFor verbs: can you add an auxiliary?
- CFor Adjectives: can you add two?
- DFor prepositions: is it in between a verb and a noun?
4Functional categories include which of the following?
- AComplementizers, IPs
- BNouns, verbs, adjectives etc.
- Cdeterminers, complementizers, degree words
5What are the two things phrase structure is made of?
- AX Schema and XPs
- BMerge and Transformations
- CX Schema and Merge
6The [blank_start]X schema[blank_end] includes; XP, X bar or X' and X head.
- AX schema
7Merge combines words in a manner compatible with the X' Schema
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Constituent structure is:
- Aa sequence of words (possibly one word) that acts like a unit in syntax
- BA XP structure that takes different heads and different complements.
- CPulls something to the front for emphasis
91. Pronouns for NP- she, he, it
2. “there” for locative PPs
3. “Do (so)” for VP’s (ex. Bill always buys mangos. Fred also does so.)
Are all [blank_start]substitution[blank_end] tests.- Asubstitution
10Check all of the following that are types of movement tests for constituent structures.
- ATopicalization
- BPassive
- CVP fronting
11The [blank_start]coordination[blank_end] test involves supplementing in something similar to the sentence.
- Acoordination
12Some verbs occurring without a complement are called [blank_start]intransitive[blank_end], and they don't take a direct object.
- Aintransitive
13Which of the following is an ambiguous sentence?
- A"I am tired"
- B"I hate studying and dislike finals"
- C"She sees the boy with the binoculars"
14[blank_start]Deep structure[blank_end] is formed by the merge operation and takes place before any move operations .
- ADeep structure
15Merge takes D-structure and derives S-structure
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Forming Yes/No questions is also called what?
- AFlipping
- BInversion/I-C
- CMove
17You do [blank_start]WH movement[blank_end] when you are not forming a Y/N question or don't use inversion.
- AWH movement
18Passivation means the subject is "demoted"
- ATrue
- BFalse
19English has verb raising for all verbs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- Linguistics Quiz on Syntax Quiz, created by Ella Hall on 17/11/2016.
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