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Decks in this class (12)

Intro Slides
What is syntax 1,
Goal of syntax 2,
What counts as syntactic evidence 3
7  cards
Word Classes
Criteria for defining word classes 1,
Word classes not found in english 2,
This word class in english looks ...
19  cards
Clauses and Subordination
Sentences are divided by subject ...,
What s the difference between a s...,
What does finiteness indicate 3
19  cards
Heads & Dependents
What is a phrase 1,
Criteria for determining the head...,
Two types of branching 3
5  cards
Constituency
Two types of ambiguity 1,
What is a constituent 2,
Name constituency tests 3
14  cards
Grammatical Relations
There are two types of arguments 1,
Languages use three different str...,
What is it called when a language...
13  cards
Valency-Changing Operations
Languages make intransitive verbs...,
Languages make transitive verbs i...,
What are the two valency changing...
14  cards
Information Structure
What is the study of information ...,
What s the assumption of composit...,
What s the assumption of idiomati...
6  cards
Construction Grammar
Speakers must learn idiomatic phr...,
Idioms can be classified into dif...,
What is the difference between de...
9  cards
Midterm Review
What do we call the format used i...,
What do we call languages that do...,
What do we call a sentence in whi...
23  cards
Final Review
Which word class is most likely t...,
What is the semantic role of the ...,
What do we call a verb that does ...
34  cards
Readings
Tomasello 1,
Goldberg 1,
Chompsky 2
6  cards

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