LING 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lewis Carroll, The Nice, Subcategorization
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A word or a group of words that functions as a single unit within a hierarchical structure. E. g. the mouse was bitten by the cat. The component of language that governs how words are put together into meaningful units. Like tree diagram with words with allomorphs. Rules for moving words around in sentences apply to whole phrases, not. Unit that functions as a part of a larger unit ( like a phrase or a sentence) Pronouns/phrases that can be substituted with pronouns. Can sometimes be substituted with do/did/will do so too in an added clause. Can be constituted by there or that. The tasty cake was eaten by the girl. E. g. the nice girl eats the tasty cake. The nice girl and the angry cat eat the tasty cake. Formal statements that show the composition and structure of phrases and sentences. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe. Structural relationship between np and the verb.