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On DPs: a-b:  Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device-12 c – d – e: Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device-16 g -h: Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device-14 h: Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Device-15   Read more →

General problem set 1 p.222. General problem set  3 p.223. General problem set 5, trees for a, d and e. Read more →

Assignment on Complements, Adjuncts, and Constituency 1. Apply the do-so substitution test to the bracketed sequence of words in the following verb phrase to determine whether they form a V’ or not. Adam will… a. frequently [buy paintings] with Natasha b. frequently [buy paintings with Natasha] c. frequently [buy] paintings with Natasha d. [frequently buy paintings] with Natasha e.  [frequently buy] paintings… Read more →

This week we reviewed the tree hierarchy in terms of domination, precedence and c-command. Here is what you have to remember: Domination is a relation from the top down: a node A is dominating his daughters and grand-daughters. Exhaustive domination: it is the set of terminal nodes dominated by node A – such as there is no node that is… Read more →

Ling 401                                                                                             09/05/13   Syntactic categories   Semantic definitions of categories are imperfect and it’s difficult to define categories as such based only on semantic criteria (a verb is not always an action, a noun is not always a place or a thing).   Nouns, adverbs, verbs, adverbs have specific properties such as position and endings.   The blinkish trupet… Read more →

  Workshop on the acquisition of quantification October 4-5 UMass Amherst  Lederle Grad Center – the Math Lounge Friday, October 4th 8:45 Coffee 9:00 Tom Roeper: introduction Why there are no Methods, only Theories: Experimental Style and the Historical Path from syntax to discourse in the acquisition of quantification. 9:30 Jill De Villiers, Peter De Villiers, Rosie Alig and Margaret Collins, Smith… Read more →

We made arrangements for a block of rooms at Hadley, a place nearby on the route of bus 43. We have an agreement for 10 rooms with a minimum of two-nights during the conference. Make sure you book before September 16. See here for details. The conference has made also arrangements for a block of rooms at the Howard Johnson Inn, 247… Read more →

From chapter 5 in  the textbook : exercise 2 p.158, 2 p.159 and 5 p.161.       Read more →

From chapter 4: Exercise 2: Domination and 3: exhaustive domination Read more →

Exercises 6 d, h and l and 11 from Chapter 3 for Tuesday, September 24. Read more →