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Chapter 4 Syntax

I. Choose the best answer. (20%)

1. The sentence structure is ________.

A. only linear B. only hierarchical

C. complex D. both linear and hierarchical 2. The syntactic rules of any language are ____ in number.

A. large B. small C. finite D. infinite 3. The ________ rules are the rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences.

A. lexical B. morphological C. linguistic D. combinational

4. A sentence is considered ____ when it does not conform to the grammatical knowledge in the mind of native speakers.

A. right B. wrong C. grammatical D. ungrammatical

5. A __________ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause.

A. coordinator B. particle C. preposition D. subordinator 6. Phrase structure rules have ____ properties.

A. recursive B. grammatical C. social D. functional 7. Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand _____________. A. how words and phrases form sentences.

B. what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of words C. how people produce and recognize possible sentences D. all of the above.

8. The head of the phrase “the city Rome” is __________.

A. the city B. Rome C. city D. the city Rome

9. The phrase “on the shelf” belongs to __________ construction.

A. endocentric B. exocentric C. subordinate D. coordinate

10. The sentence “They were wanted to remain quiet and not to expose themselves.” is a __________ sentence.

A. simple B. coordinate C. compound D. complex

II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%)

11. Universally found in the grammars of all human languages, syntactic rules that comprise the system of internalized linguistic knowledge of a language speaker are known as linguistic

competence.

12. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend.

13. In a complex sentence, the two clauses hold unequal status, one subordinating the other. 14. Constituents that can be substituted for one another without loss of grammaticality belong to the same syntactic category.

15. Minor lexical categories are open because these categories are not fixed and new members are allowed for.

16. In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase.

17. In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the direct object usually follows the verb.

18. What is actually internalized in the mind of a native speaker is a complete list of words and phrases rather than grammatical knowledge.

19. A noun phrase must contain a noun, but other elements are optional.

20. It is believed that phrase structure rules, with the insertion of the lexicon, generate sentences at the level of D-structure.

III. Fill in the blanks. (20%)

21. A __________ sentence consists of a single clause which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence.

22. A __________ is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command.

23. A __________ may be a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence that usually precedes the predicate.

24. The part of a sentence which comprises a finite verb or a verb phrase and which says something about the subject is grammatically called __________.

25. A __________ sentence contains two, or more, clauses, one of which is incorporated into the other.

26. In the complex sentence, the incorporated or subordinate clause is normally called an __________ clause.

27. Major lexical categories are __________ categories in the sense that new words are constantly added.

28. __________ condition on case assignment states that a case assignor and a case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.

29. __________ are syntactic options of UG that allow general principles to operate in one way or another and contribute to significant linguistic variations between and among natural languages.

30. The theory of __________ condition explains the fact that noun phrases appear only in subject and object positions.

IV. Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%)

31. Syntax 32. IC analysis

33. Hierarchical structure 34. Trace theory

V. Answer the following questions. (20%)

35. What are endocentric construction and exocentric construction? （武汉大学，2004）

36. Distinguish the two possible meanings of “more beautiful flowers” by means of IC analysis. （北京第二外国语大学，2004）

VI. Analyze the following situation. (20%)

37. Draw a tree diagram according to the PS rules to show the deep structure of the sentence:

The student wrote a letter yesterday.