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14 Cards in this Set
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Recursion
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reapply many rules: ex. syntactic rules
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structural ambiguity
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more than one meaning and tree of a sentence
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nominative case
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I, you, he/she/it, they, we, you'll
subject of a finite clause |
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accusative case
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me, you, him/her/it, them, us, y'all
subject of a non finite clause, or object in a finite clause |
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genitive case
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my, yours, his/hers/its, their, ours y'all's
indicates a possessor |
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constituent
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group of words tat functions together in a sentence as a phrase
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Types of constituents
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Determiner phrase, noun phrase, verb phrase, adjective phrase
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Adjuncts
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adds extra information: adjective, adverb, preposition, neg
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Possible empty categories
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IP, Determiner, Complementizer, Pro
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Complementizer-
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introduces ANY and ALL finite clauses
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Neg
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similar to adverbs- type of adjunct
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Weak Head
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Empty categories are considered weak heads
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Strong head
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something must be moved to fill the category, cannot be left blank
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Wh words
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always have a movement
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