LING 355 Final: LING 355 Final Study Guide
5 Dec 2016
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English yes-no questions are formed by subj-aux inversion: do insertion where there is no aux. Wh-questions require (1) wh-fronting and (2) subj-aux inversion (unless the subject is questioned: do-support required if no other auxiliary is present. Three stages in the acquisition of english questions. Developmental order for wh-words: where, what, who, how, why, (which, whose) Aux like can and be often emerge before do. Explanation: failure to invert reflects the presence of a null auxiliary. Infrequent, 0. 4%; very common in the case of negative questions. Explanation: possibly the lower negated aux is unanalyzed and is behaving like not. What does she not like: not knowing that doesn"t = does + not. Supported by the following absence of evidence: what doesn"t she does like: nakayama (1987): aux-doubling errors most likely due to long and/or complex subject. More common than errors with other auxiliary. Embedded clauses: john thinks [that mary will write a letter].
