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• 06:31, 25 July 2025 Gert talk contribs created page Practical Grammar SubjClauses (Created page with "== Subject Clauses == ''That''- and ''whether''-clauses can also act as subjects: 1. That Lilly disappeared sucks<br> 2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown Of course, the complementizers are still bound to their clause types: 3. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks<br> <span style="color: blue>Exercise 8.2</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 Grammar5-.Ex8.1...")
• 06:29, 25 July 2025 Gert talk contribs created page Practical Grammar CompClauses (Created page with "<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <font size="3"> == Complement Clauses == <span style="color: blue>Exercise 9 </span> * Add the words in the following sentences: (1) Fred thinks that Lilly disappeared<br> (2) Fred enquires whether Lilly disappeared Implement the following: # ''that'' and ''whether'' belong to the part of speech C (= complementizer). # Complementizers head CPs. # CPs take two daughers: a C and an IP. The two daughters are co-heads of the...")
• 06:27, 25 July 2025 Gert talk contribs created page Practical Grammar PPs (Created page with "<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <font size="3"> So far, the arguments of verbs have all been determiner phrases (= DPs) like names, pronouns, or Det-N (''the cat'') configurations. But verbs can also take complements of other parts of speech. This week, we will encounter a new case: namely, complements which are prepositional phrases (= PPs). == Prepositional Phrases == We want our grammar to generate sentences like the following: (1) The cat sat under the...")
• 04:58, 25 July 2025 Gert talk contribs created page Practical Grammar 7 old (Created page with "<span style="color: red>'''Note: this page has changed! It provides a different treatment of PPs than the textbook!'''</style> == Prepositional Phrases == The textbook contains a c-structure rule for VP like the following: 1. VP → V PP ↑=↓ (↑ (↓ PCASE)) = ↓ == Thematic Roles == So far, we have completely ignored semantics. But xlfg is capable of representing the assignment of thematic roles to the arguments of predicates. The textbook...")
• 08:11, 16 July 2025 Gert talk contribs created page Practical Grammar 7.0 (Created page with "<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <font size="3"> == Thematic Roles == So far, we have completely ignored semantics. But xlfg is capable of representing the assignment of thematic roles to the arguments of predicates. The textbook contains a list of thematic roles on page 13. Using these roles, the next exercise asks you to assign an argument structure to each predicate that governs grammatical functions. The notation is extremely simple: just put a period and...")