Michael Barrie - ENG3306 영어 통사론


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HW#1 - due Oct 7th:
Question 1: Draw the VPs for the following sentences. 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. (Assume dining-room is a single noun - ambiguous)
  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: Draw a full CP for the following sentence:
  1. Fred ate the apple on Friday.

Extra Practice:

lecture date contents reading
1 Sept 2nd Introduction I Chapter 1
2 Sept 4th Introduction II Chapter 1
3 Sept 9th Thematic Relations Chapter 2
4 Sept 11th Phrase Structure and Constituency,
Noun Incorporation 		Interchapter A; Chapter 3, (3.1)
5 Sept 23rd Constituency diagnostics Chapter 3, (3.2-3.3); prepare Chapter 2 exercises 1 and 2 for discussion in class.
6 Sept 25th Content of XPs Chapter 3(3.4, 3.5): Prepare Ch. 3 questions 1-2 for discussion
7 Sept 30th DP Theory, TP, CP, Applicatives Chapter 4 (4.1-4.3), Interchapter B
8 Oct 8th VP shells Chapter 4 (4.4-4.7)
9 Oct 7th HW1 due
Architecture 		Chapter 5
10 Oct 14th Passives I Chapter 6.1 - 6.2
11 Oct 16th Passives II and review Chapter 6.4

Oct 21/23 midterm 
12 Oct 28th Unaccusativity Chapter 7.1
13 Oct 30th Ergativity Chapter 7.2
14 Nov 4th Verb-Initial Languages and Practice Interchapter D
15 Nov 6th HW2 due
Wh-Movement I		 Chapter 8.1
16 Nov 11th Wh-Movement II Chapter 8.2
17 Nov 13th Wh-Movement III Chapter 8.3
18 Nov 18th Workshop on Fieldwork Chapter 8.4
19 Nov 20th Wh-Movement IV
20 Nov 25th Practical tasks with wh-movement Chapter 9.1 - 9.3
21 Nov 27th HW3 due
Raising and control 1		 Chapter 9.4 - 9.5
22 Dec 2nd Raising and control 2
23 Dec 4th Extra Practice Chapter 10.1 - 10.2
24 Dec 9th
Binding Theory		 Chapter 10.3 - 10.4
25 Dec 11th review



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