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== Complement Clauses ==
== Subject Clauses ==


<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8.1 (based on section 5.1 of the textbook)</span>
''That''- and ''whether''-clauses can also act as subjects:


* Go to <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
1. That Lilly disappeared sucks<br>
* Open your latest grammar.
2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown
* Add the words in the following sentences:
 
Of course, the complementizers are still bound to their clause types:


(1) Oscar thinks Sarah likes musicals<br>
5. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks<br>
(2) Oscar thinks that Sarah likes musicals
6. *That Lilly disappeared is unknown


* Make any further changes that are necessary to obtain exactly the f-structure (10) on p. 101 for (1)-(2).
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8b.1</span>
* Extend your grammar to predict the following facts:


(3) Oscar enquires whether Sarah likes musicals<br>
* Go to <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
(4) *Oscar enquires Sarah likes musicals<br>
* Open your latest grammar or start with a copy of Grammar6-solution.
(5) *Oscar enquires that Sarah likes musicals
* Add the sentences above to your test items.
* Change the grammar so that it makes the correct predictions for all test items.


For sentence (3), you should obtain an f-structure which is identical to that of sentence (1), with the exception that the CLTYPE of (3) should be INTER.
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (1):<br>


Now make sure that your grammar does not license the following example:
[[File:Sucks.JPG|500px]]


(6) *Oscar thinks whether Sarah likes musicals
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (2):<br>


This requires the use of a constraining equation in one place!
[[File:Unknown.JPG|500px]]


'''Note:''' the solution to this exercise is going to be posted under the name ''Practical Grammar 6_solution''.
Notes:


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a. treat ''is'' as a verb which combines with a COMP and an OBJ.<br>
b. treat ''unknown'' as an adjective.


== Collecting everything we have done so far in one grammar ==
== Collecting everything we have done so far in one grammar ==


<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8.2</span>
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8.b2</span>


* Go to <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
* Go to <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
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* Open xlfg again in a second browser tab by clicking on <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
* Open xlfg again in a second browser tab by clicking on <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>.
* Open your previous grammars in the second tab window and copy information from those grammars into ''Practical Grammar 7'' in the first browser tab until the grammar returns the expected result for all test sentences.
* Open your previous grammars in the second tab window and copy information from those grammars into ''Practical Grammar 7'' in the first browser tab until the grammar returns the expected result for all test sentences.
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== Homework ==
<span style="color: blue>For next week, read pages 102-113 in the textbook.</span>




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== Homework ==
<span style="color: blue>For next week, read pages 102-113 in the textbook.</span>

Latest revision as of 09:06, 18 January 2022

Subject Clauses

That- and whether-clauses can also act as subjects:

1. That Lilly disappeared sucks
2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown

Of course, the complementizers are still bound to their clause types:

5. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks
6. *That Lilly disappeared is unknown

Exercise 8b.1

  • Go to https://xlfg.labri.fr/.
  • Open your latest grammar or start with a copy of Grammar6-solution.
  • Add the sentences above to your test items.
  • Change the grammar so that it makes the correct predictions for all test items.

Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (1):

Sucks.JPG

Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (2):

Unknown.JPG

Notes:

a. treat is as a verb which combines with a COMP and an OBJ.
b. treat unknown as an adjective.

Collecting everything we have done so far in one grammar

Exercise 8.b2

  • Go to https://xlfg.labri.fr/.
  • Open the grammar Practical Grammar 7. Except for test sentences, it is empty.
  • Open xlfg again in a second browser tab by clicking on https://xlfg.labri.fr/.
  • Open your previous grammars in the second tab window and copy information from those grammars into Practical Grammar 7 in the first browser tab until the grammar returns the expected result for all test sentences.




Homework

For next week, read pages 102-113 in the textbook.

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