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SYNTAX I [LINB06] Linguistics Hello, please respond carefully…
SYNTAX I [LINB06] Linguistics
Hello, please respond carefully to the following questions. Thank you
1. Consider the following data from French. What question forming strategy is used? Subject-auxiliary inversion or inserting question words?
Both
Neither
Subject-auxiliary inversion
2. Match the arguments with the correct thematic relations in the following sentence.
[Suzi] will lend [me] [her car] for the weekend.
Suzi
[ Choose ] Agent Location Recipient Experiencer Theme Source
me
[ Choose ] Agent Location Recipient Experiencer Theme Source
her car
[ Choose ] Agent Location Recipient Experiencer Theme Source
3. In Yalarnnga, a language spoken? in Western Queensland, Australia suffixes map onto different thematic relations. Match suffix A, B, C, D to the correct thematic relation.
?
A
[ Choose ] Beneficiary Theme Source Goal Agent Location Instrument
B
[ Choose ] Beneficiary Theme Source Goal Agent Location Instrument
C
[ Choose ] Beneficiary Theme Source Goal Agent Location Instrument
D
[ Choose ] Beneficiary Theme Source Goal Agent Location Instrument
4. English has undergone several changes over the course of time and the language we know and speak now is referred to as Modern English. Middle English is an older form of the English language spoken 1150 to 1500 CE.
Consider the following Middle English data. What was the verb movement parameter for Middle English?
V to T movement, but only for auxiliaries
V to T movement
Something else
No V to T movement
5. During the guest lecture, Sam showed us how in Italian we observe N ? D movement. Which other Romance language shows a similar pattern?
Group of answer choices
Catalan
French
Spanish
None
