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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> | 5. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks<br> | ||
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* 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 or start with a copy of | * 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. | ||
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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.