11 Quiz Periphery of the sentence, cont.
V.5 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 359/759 Fall 2007
QUIZ 11
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1) Long movement is movement ...
a) out of an embedded clause. b) out of a main clause. c) over a WH constituent.
2) A representation of movement as passing through all intervening specifiers of CP is preferred because such movement is ...
a) grammatical. b) local. c) economical.
3) The complementizer that must be omitted when the clause it introduces contains ...
a) a moved subject. b) a moved object. c) a moved auxiliary verb.
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4) Extraction of which constituent tends to degrade a clause the most?
a) the subject b) the direct object c) the object of a preposition
5) In the sentence, It was a background discussion which my understanding was that it would not appear anywhere, which pronoun is a resumptive pronoun?
a) the first it b) which c) the second it
6) Which sentence suggests that for can be treated as a complementizer?
a) I bought this for you, to make you feel better. b) Vote for Hillary in the upcoming election. c) He hates for you to call him Ollie
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7) In the sentence, Bill doesn't know whether to run, how do we indicate that Bill is the one running?
a) With a resumptive pronoun for the subject of run. b) With an empty pronoun for the subject of run. c) By not indicating the subject of run at all.
8) Which one of the phrases in SpecCP triggers subject-auxiliary inversion?
a) what a picture of doom and gloom b) with no clothes on c) the relative pronoun which
9) In the sentence, With no job, Mary would be happy, `no' ...
a) has scope over INFL. b) does not have scope over INFL. c) is an instance of clausal negation.
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10) Which one is NOT an example of pied piping? a) Whose car did you borrow? b) To who(m) did you talk? c) Who did you talk to?
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Final project
Find a short text in a non-English language. Analyze all its sentences as best you can
Is there raising of V to I? etc
Make a short (3-4 minute) PowerPoint presentation to share your results with the class
A group would take 3-4 minutes per person, but every member of the group will be assigned the same grade
Present your results the to class during the exam period, Mon. Dec 10 1-5
Bring me a copy of the text that you used.
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phrases CP NP C
a. how much b. who c. d. e. f. g. h. i. how smart i. never
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Review
heads C' IP
I can afford how much? you are going with who? there are so many smart girls it's going to be miles one Tube stop is going to be 110 yards I had known you were coming I had known you were coming you to call him Ollie you are how smart! I would never do that
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can are (that) if whether if had for would
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Constraints on movement
Movement of a relative pronoun out of an indirect question
I know the candidates who they said that they will nominate this year. (71a) *I know the candidates who they wondered when they will nominate this year. (71b)
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Subject movement and that
a) I know the candidates who they said that they will nominate this year. a') I know the candidates who they said they will nominate this year. b) * I know the candidates who they said that will be nominated this year. b') I know the candidates who they said will be nominated this year.
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A non-overt relative pronoun
English has three ways of marking a relative clause
relative pronoun empty pronoun the guy who you met yesterday the guy you met yesterday complementizer that the guy that you met yesterday
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Movement of the non-overt relative pronoun
An empty pronoun moves just like a ...