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Ch5 Exercise 10 PDF

The document provides examples of surface structure and deep structure analyses for sentences involving inversion transformations. For each sentence, it shows the a) surface structure and b) deep structure representations, with the deep structure revealing the underlying subject and verb order. Five sentences are analyzed in this way, demonstrating inversion of subjects and auxiliary verbs in various interrogative constructions.

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Ch5 Exercise 10 PDF

The document provides examples of surface structure and deep structure analyses for sentences involving inversion transformations. For each sentence, it shows the a) surface structure and b) deep structure representations, with the deep structure revealing the underlying subject and verb order. Five sentences are analyzed in this way, demonstrating inversion of subjects and auxiliary verbs in various interrogative constructions.

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10. The derivations of the following sentences involve the Inversion transformation.

Giv e
the deep structure and the surface structure for each sentence.

1. Will the boss hire Hillary?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP NP
will

DET N V N
the boss hire Hillary

b. deep structure

CP

C TP

+Q NP T’ NP

DET N T VP N
The boss will Hillary

V
hire
2. Can the dog fetch the frisbee?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP NP
can

DET N V DET N
the dog fetch the frisbee

b. deep structure
CP

C TP

+Q NP T’ NP

DET N T VP DET N
The dog can the frisbee

V
fetch
3. Should the student report the incident?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP NP
should

DET N V DET N
The student report the incident

b. deep structure

CP

C TP

+Q NP T’ NP

DET N T VP DET N
The student should the incident

V
report

4. Must the musicians play that sonata?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP
must

DET N V CP
the musicians play

C’

C NP
that

N
sonata
b. deep structure

CP

C TP

+Q NP T’

DET N T VP
the musicians must

V CP
play

C’

C NP
that

N
sonata

5. Might that player leave the team?

a. surface structure

CP

C’ TP

T C NP VP
might that

N V NP
player leave

DET N
the team
b. deep structure

CP

C’ TP

C NP T’

that

N T VP

player might

V NP

leave

DET N

the team

If “that” is “determiner”

Might that player leave the team?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP NP
might

DET N V DET N
that player leave the team

b. deep structure

CP

C TP

+Q NP T’ NP

DET N T VP DET N
that player might the team

V
leave
Must the musicians play that sonata?

a. surface structure

CP

C TP

T +Q NP VP NP
must

DET N V DET N
the musicians play that sonata

b. deep structure

CP

C TP

+Q NP T’ NP

DET N T VP DET N
the musicians must that sonata

V
play

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