LING 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ditransitive Verb, Sentence Clause Structure, Part Of Speech
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Constituents - a string that can be manipulated as a single chunk . Any word order means the same (not true) Constituency tests - try to define constituents by distribution. Position of words can tell you what type a word is. Can"t appear between a determiner and a noun. Denotes a predicate that takes arguments (participants in relation denoted by the verb) Count: the turtle is sleeping *turtle is sleeping. Lexical categories provide the content of the sentence. Count nouns - can be made into a plural. Mass nouns - do not require a determiner in singular. Intransitive verbs: 1 argument - sneeze, arrive, hiccup, die. Transitive verbs: 2 arguments - tickle, love, sell, mow. Ditransitive verbs: 3 arguments - put, show, give, place. The type of the verb can depend on context. The loud boys with sharp sticks - noun phrase. Sentence fragment test - constituents can serve as answers to questions.
