Syntax 1 Wiki: Week 1

The English Language and its Grammar

1. For the purposes of Syntactic Theory, a string consists of one or more words: dog, Hunde, einkaufen gehen, to go shopping, the student of Linguistics,...
2. For the purposes of English Syntax, we distinguish between two kinds of strings:

• Strings which native speakers would accept as English
• Strings which native speakers would not accept as English

Homework for Week 2

1. Work through the following sections of the Wiki:

Words

2. Do the Exercises on Parts of Speech.
3. Find 3 authentic examples from books or newspapers and annotate the words with their part of speech. Do this with a word processor and upload the result to Olat.
4. Do the Exercises on Predicates and Arguments.
5. Find 3 new sentences with new verbs and analyze them in the way of the exercises above. Do this with a word processor and upload the result to Olat.

Phrases

1. Work through the following sections of the Wiki: Phrases

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