What is the phrase structure rule for the conjunction in the following example? Cecilia climbed up and down the mountain.
Consider the verb forms from the imaginary language Caqon. (…
Consider the verb forms from the imaginary language Caqon. (Note: assume Caqon has the same rules for syllabifying words as English. Also, each vowel is the nucleus of its own syllable.) saqi ‘s/he runs’ saqiqi ‘s/he is running’ botin ‘s/he swims’ botitin ‘s/he is swimming’ ombu ‘s/he thinks’ ombubu ‘s/he is thinking’ qumes ‘s/he talks’ qumemes ‘s/he is talking’ dalbon ‘s/he leaps’ dalbobon ‘s/he is leaping’ binduza ‘s/he wonders’ binduduza ‘s/he is wondering’ azdore ‘s/he asks’ azdodore ‘s/he is asking’ a. What type of word formation process is used to express Progressive Aspect in Caqon? b. Which part of the base is targeted for copying when creating the Progressive morpheme?
What is the phrase structure rule for the conjunction in the…
What is the phrase structure rule for the conjunction in the following example? I heard that Martin was asking difficult questions but Sheila ignored him.
Language extinction is always a gradual process that takes p…
Language extinction is always a gradual process that takes place slowly over hundreds of years.
What word formation process is illustrated in the following…
What word formation process is illustrated in the following example? re + live –> relive
What is the morphological rule for the prefix dis-? Use thes…
What is the morphological rule for the prefix dis-? Use these examples to help you: disbelieve disappear disallow
The compound word premium waste bags is structurally ambiguo…
The compound word premium waste bags is structurally ambiguous, having the two meanings shown below. Which of these two meanings is associated with the tree structure shown here?
If a grammar had only the Phrase Structure rule shown here,…
If a grammar had only the Phrase Structure rule shown here, would it be recursive? VP –> VP Conj VP
What was the main finding of the study you read about in the…
What was the main finding of the study you read about in the article “Word order predicts a native speaker’s working memory”?
Consider the following sentence: (1) We sang songs after M…
Consider the following sentence: (1) We sang songs after Maria’s delicious dinner. Examples (2-3) show the results of some constituency tests. What do these results imply about the structure of sentence (1)? (2) *It was after Maria’s that we sang songs delicious dinner. (3) *After Maria’s, we sang songs delicious dinner.