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== Subject Clauses == | == Subject Clauses == | ||
''That''- and ''whether | ''That''- and ''whether''-clauses can also act as subjects: | ||
1. That Lilly disappeared sucks<br> | 1. That Lilly disappeared sucks<br> | ||
2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown | 2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown | ||
Of course, the complementizers are still bound to their clause types: | |||
5. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks<br> | |||
6. *That Lilly disappeared is unknown | |||
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8b.1</span> | <span style="color: blue>Exercise 8b.1</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>. | ||
* Open your latest grammar. | * Open your latest grammar or start with a copy of Grammar6-solution. | ||
* Add the sentences above to your test items. | * Add the sentences above to your test items. | ||
* Change the grammar so that it makes the correct predictions for all 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):<br> | |||
[[File:Sucks.JPG|500px]] | |||
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (2):<br> | |||
[[File:Unknown.JPG|500px]] | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
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b. treat ''unknown'' as an adjective. | b. treat ''unknown'' as an adjective. | ||
== Collecting everything we have done so far in one grammar == | |||
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 8.b2</span> | |||
* Go to <span class="newwin">[https://xlfg.labri.fr/ https://xlfg.labri.fr/]</span>. | |||
* Open the grammar ''Practical Grammar 7''. Except for test sentences, it is empty. | |||
* 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. | |||
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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):
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (2):
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.