ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Verb Phrase, Adverb, Denotation
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S->np -> n student s ->vp -> verb-> vb look. I sit on the chair- the chair is the clause, it has no independent meaning. Rules: the art student looked at a very beautiful painting. S np vp: np art adj n, vp v pp, verb vb aux, aux tense, tense past, pp prep np. Language is one of the most important aspect of culture. One way to classify languages is through syntax: english: the boy drank the water. (svo, russian: malcik vypil vodu. (svo, turkish: o uk suyu i ti. (sov, arabic: araba lwaladu lma?a. (vso) We and they: hyponyms - generic term ie. the colour red includes: scarlet, crimson, etc. candy; dogs. They have a hierarchy: synonyms - establish equivalency of words, homonyms - same sound with different meaning ie. foul vs fowl; knows vs nose, antonyms - words that have opposite meanings. Alive and dead; big and little; parent and child.
