Intro to Linguistics (Test 2)

All words form a phrase following the X' theory template

All operations and structures are binary

Pronouns are nouns that become determiners

Every word akes its own phrase

When you combine things

All features must be satisfied and checked. If you don't combine the right number of nounie things with a verb it won't sound like a complete sentence.Ex. I gave the keys.... to him.... on the bus.to him: argument (required)on the bus: adjunct (not required)

Part of morphosyntactic feature, if you don't give the verb it's nounie things it won't be satisfied. The verb knows how many nounie things to combine with...?

One argument nounie thing:He lied.Has to have a subject

Two arguments or two nounie things.He likes her.One subject, one object.

Three arguments or nounie things.I gave John a book.One subject, two objects

Count noun: one catmass noun: some furniture

How verbs assign thematic roles inside verb phrases.Mechanism for how the nounie things plug into the sentence
- Verb phrase is like a huddle, the quarter back (verb) tells his receivers what route to run. - verb has to group together with its nounie things to make sure everything is satisfied

Anytime you have negation in a sentence you always have to have a modal auxiliary verb.He fell.He did not fall.

[+Agent] - one who initiates the action[+Goal] - recipient or goal of action[+Theme] - thing thats being given

Subjects do start out in verb phrase