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Rle 401 English Syntax

This document contains 7 questions asking the reader to analyze parts of speech, phrase structure rules, structural ambiguity, and grammatical functions in sentences. The reader is asked to determine lexical categories, provide phrase structure rules and phrase markers, represent structural ambiguity with different phrase markers, generate sentences using given phrase structure rules and words, and determine grammatical functions using syntactic tests.

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Rle 401 English Syntax

This document contains 7 questions asking the reader to analyze parts of speech, phrase structure rules, structural ambiguity, and grammatical functions in sentences. The reader is asked to determine lexical categories, provide phrase structure rules and phrase markers, represent structural ambiguity with different phrase markers, generate sentences using given phrase structure rules and words, and determine grammatical functions using syntactic tests.

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INSTRUCTION.

Answer all questions.

Q1. Determine the lexical category of each of the underlined words in the sentences below. Use the
morphological, semantic and syntactic criteria to provide evidence for your answers.
(a)His second book came out this year.
(b)When you book for something such as a hotel you arrange to have it.

Q2. Provide Phrase Structure rules and a phrase marker for each of the following sentences:
(a)John refused the offer proudly.
(b)I consider Asha the best candidate.

Q3. Represent the structural ambiguity in the following sentences by providing different phrase markers for
each meaning in the following sentence.
(a)I know you like the back of my hand

Q4. Using only the following Phrase Structure rules and words, generate three sentences.
S NP VP
NP AN
VP V
N rock stars, princess, weathermen.
A short, tall, stinky.
V sing, dance, fight.

Q6. Construct sentences containing the following:


(a)Subject, predicate, indirect object.
(b)Subject, predicate, predicate compliment, adjunct.

Q7. Determine the grammatical function of the underline phrases by providing at least one syntactic test.
(a)This provide a decisive factor.
(b)The students called me a teacher.

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