Michael Barrie - ENG3306 영어 통사론


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HW#1 - due Sept 29th:
Question 1: Draw the trees for the following sentences. Use full CPs. If any sentence is ambiguous, draw both trees and give two constituency diagnostics to illustrate the different structures for each tree. The last sentence is problematic for the structures drawn so far in class. Why? The Korean sentences are glossed below. Note that all ambiguous sentences are marked as such.
  1. Alice read the book in the kitchen. (ambiguous)
  2. Susan broke the the glass in the dining-room on Tuesday. (ambiguous) - Assume dining-room is a single noun. Assume also that on Tuesday modifies the NP
  3. 영희가 어제 사과를 먹었다.
  4. 영희가 사과를 어제 먹었다.
영희가어제사과를먹었다.
Yenghuy-kaeceysakwa-lulmek-ess-ta
Younghui-NOMyesterdayapple-ACCeat-PST-DECL
"Younghui ate the apple yesterday."

영희가사과를어제먹었다.
Yenghuy-kasakwa-luleceymek-ess-ta
Younghui-NOMapple-ACCyesterdayeat-PST-DECL
"Younghui ate the apple yesterday."

Question 2: Do question 2 on page 127 at the end of chapter 4.


Extra Practice:

lecture date contents reading
1 Sept 1st Introduction I Chapter 1
2 Sept 3rd Introduction II Chapter 1
3 Sept 8th Thematic Relations Chapter 2
4 Sept 10th Phrase Structure and Constituency Chapter 3, (3.1 - 3.2)
5 Sept 15th Constituency diagnostics Interchapter A; Chapter 3, (3.3); prepare Chapter 2 exercises 1 and 2 for discussion in class.
6 Sept 17th Content of XPs Chapter 3(3.4, 3.5): Prepare Ch. 3 questions 1-2 for discussion
7 Sept 22nd DP Theory, TP, CP, Applicatives Chapter 4 (4.1-4.3), Interchapter B
8 Sept 24th VP shells Chapter 4 (4.4-4.7)
9 Sept 29th HW1 due
Architecture
Chapter 5
10 Oct 1st Passives I
11 Oct 13th Passives I Chapter 6.1 - 6.2
12 Oct 15th Passives II and review Chapter 6.4

Oct 20/22 midterm
13 Oct 27th Ergativity and Unaccusativity Chapter 7
14 Oct 29th Verb-Initial Languages and Practice Interchapter D
15 Nov 3th Wh-Movement I Chapter 8.1
16 Nov 5th HW2 due
Wh-Movement II
Chapter 8.2
17 Nov 10th Wh-Movement III Chapter 8.3
18 Nov 12th Workshop on Fieldwork Chapter 8.4
19 Nov 17th Wh-Movement IV
20 Nov 19th Raising and control I Chapter 9.1 - 9.3
21 Nov 24th Practical tasks with wh-movement
22 Nov 26th Raising and control II Chapter 9.4 - 9.5
23 Dec 1st Extra Practice Chapter 8 and 9
24 Dec 3rd HW3 due
Binding Theory I
Chapter 10.1 - 10.2
25 Dec 8th Binding Theory II Chapter 10.3 - 10.4
26 Dec 10th review



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