Sam Featherston Exercise 1 Draw the tree structures of: 1. The ...
Sam Featherston Exercise 1 Draw the tree structures of: 1. The ... Sam Featherston Exercise 1 Draw the tree structures of: 1. The ...
Introduction to General Linguistics WS10/11 Course author: Hubert Truckenbrodt page 1 Homework 1 Course teacher: Sam Featherston Exercise 1 Draw the tree structures of: 1. The professor of linguistics 2. love linguistics enormously
Introduction to General Linguistics WS10/11 Course author: Hubert Truckenbrodt page 1<br />
Homework 1 Course teacher: <strong>Sam</strong> <strong>Fea<strong>the</strong>rston</strong><br />
<strong>Exercise</strong> 1<br />
<strong>Draw</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>tree</strong> <strong>structures</strong> <strong>of</strong>:<br />
<strong>1.</strong> <strong>The</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> linguistics<br />
2. love linguistics enormously
Introduction to General Linguistics WS10/11 Course author: Hubert Truckenbrodt page 2<br />
3. der grüne Baum<br />
4. mit der Axt den Baum fällen<br />
<strong>Exercise</strong> 2<br />
(5 points for each structure � 20 points)<br />
Explain shortly (!!!) <strong>the</strong> following terms. Use <strong>the</strong> <strong>structures</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> examples above.<br />
<strong>1.</strong> Head: Main part <strong>of</strong> a phrase, which determines <strong>the</strong> category <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phrase.<br />
2. Phrasal Projection: <strong>The</strong> head determines <strong>the</strong> category <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phrase and <strong>the</strong> head<br />
projects ist category to <strong>the</strong> phrase.<br />
3. Adjunct: A constituent bearing additional information. It need not to be realized, it is<br />
facultative.<br />
4. Constituent: A head (and ist argument) form a constituent. It is part in a bigger<br />
structure.<br />
5. Argument: An Argument <strong>of</strong> a category is a constituent which belongs to <strong>the</strong> core<br />
meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> category.<br />
6. Complement: A complement <strong>of</strong> a head X is ist sister YP. It is <strong>the</strong> daughter <strong>of</strong> an XP.<br />
(5 points for each term � 30 points).
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