LING 200 Lecture 10: Lecture 10

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-Movement:
-It’s the guy at the door that talked to this girl with a hat
-Constituency tests
-The substitution test: if a string of words can be replaced by a pro-form, it form a syntactic
constituent
-The movement test: if a string of words can be moved (to a different position) it is a constituent
a) Topicalisation (move to front of clause) - you should visit the Chaqal exhibition at the
MABAM as soon as possible
-The chaqal exhibition at the MBAM you should visit __ as soon as possible
b) Cleft construction: it is […] that…
-it’s the Chaqal exhibition at the MBAM that you should visit as soon as possible
-Syntactic constituents; examples
[The guy at the door] talked to this girl with a hat
-Substitution: the guy at the door talked to her
-Cleft construction: it’s the girl with a car that the guy at the door talked to
-Topicalisation: this girl with a hat, the guy at the door talked to __
Conclusion: the string this girl with a hat is a syntactic constituent!
[The guy at the door] talked to this girl with a hat
-Cleft construction: it’s to this girl with a hat that the guy at the door talked
-Topicalisation: to this girl with a hat, the guy at the door talked
-The string to this girl with a hat: a syntactic constituent. [The guy at the door] talked [to [this girl
with a hat]].
[The guy at the door talked [to [this girl with a hat]]
-Substitution: the guy there talked to this girl with a hat
-The string at the door is a syntactic constituent. [The guy [at the door]] talked [to [this girl with a
hat]]
[The guy [at the door talked [to [this girl with a hat]]
-Substitution: the at it…
-The string the door is a syntactic constituent. [The guy [at [the door]]] talked [to [this girl with a
hat]]
[The guy [at [the door]]] talked [to [this girl with a hat]]
-Substitution: the guy at the door talked to that one
-The string girls tie a hat is a syntactic constituent. [The guy [at [the door]]] talked [to [this [girl
with a hat]]]
[The guy [at [the door]]] talked [to [this [girl with a hat]]]
-Substitution: .. this girl with it.
-The string a hat is a syntactic constituent. [The guy [at [the door]]] talked [to [this [girl with [a
hat]]]]
[The guy at the door] talked to the girl with a hat
-Substitution: the guy at the door talked to this girl with a hat, and Nora did too.
—> did replaced [talked to this girl with a hat]
—-> a syntactic constituent
[The guy [at the door]] [talked [to [this [girl with [a hat]]]]]
-Syntactic trees:
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It"s the guy at the door that talked to this girl with a hat. The substitution test: if a string of words can be replaced by a pro-form, it form a syntactic constituent. The movement test: if a string of words can be moved (to a different position) it is a constituent: topicalisation (move to front of clause) - you should visit the chaqal exhibition at the. The chaqal exhibition at the mbam you should visit __ as soon as possible: cleft construction: it is [ ] that . It"s the chaqal exhibition at the mbam that you should visit as soon as possible. Substitution: the guy at the door talked to her. Cleft construction: it"s the girl with a car that the guy at the door talked to. Topicalisation: this girl with a hat, the guy at the door talked to __ Conclusion: the string this girl with a hat is a syntactic constituent!

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