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Lecture 20Syntax 2 continuedX and XP coordinationCoordination can happen either at the head (X) level, or phrase (XP) levelNs: my ((friend) and (colleague))NPs: ((my friend) and (your brother))VPs: ((go to the store) and (buy some milk))Vs: ((wash) and (peel)) the fruitPS rules for coordinationXP  XP conj XPX  X conj XQuestionsYes-no questionsCan be answered with “yes” or “no”Did you see that movie yet?Can we meet tomorrow?Will you be home on Friday?Wh- questionsInclude a “question word” such as who, what how, why, etc.Cannot be answered with “yes” or “no”What movies did you see?Who gave you a lift?How was it?Which one do you want?A problem for our theoryOur syntactic phrase structure rules can generate only basic statementsQuestions have different word order, and we can’t generate them without our PS ruleSubject aux inversionYes no questions involve a process called subject-auxiliary inversion in English- the aux and the subject are reorderedMaggie can talk  can Maggie talk?He will be home  will he be home?Movement ruleA movement rule moves a word or phrase somewhere else in the treeSubj-aux inversionIn a matrix question, move Aux to CStep 1: create the basic sentenceMaggie can talk?Step 2: move Aux to CCan Maggie talk?Questions in other languagesFrench, like English, has Subj-Aux inversion in questionsSome languages, like Japanese, do no movement in a question but have a special question particle (Q particle) insteadLINGUIS 101 1st Edition Lecture 20 Syntax 2 continued X and XP coordination-Coordination can happen either at the head (X) level, or phrase (XP)leveloNs: my ((friend) and (colleague))oNPs: ((my friend) and (your brother))oVPs: ((go to the store) and (buy some milk))oVs: ((wash) and (peel)) the fruit -PS rules for coordinationoXP  XP conj XPoX  X conj XQuestions -Yes-no questions oCan be answered with “yes” or “no”Did you see that movie yet?Can we meet tomorrow?Will you be home on Friday?-Wh- questions oInclude a “question word” such as who, what how, why, etc. oCannot be answered with “yes” or “no”What movies did you see?Who gave you a lift?How was it?Which one do you want?A problem for our theory-Our syntactic phrase structure rules can generate only basic statements -Questions have different word order, and we can’t generate them without our PS rule Subject aux inversion -Yes no questions involve a process called subject-auxiliary inversion in English- the aux and the subject are reordered oMaggie can talk  can Maggie talk?oHe will be home  will he be home?Movement rule -A movement rule moves a word or phrase somewhere else in the tree oSubj-aux inversion In a matrix question, move Aux to CoStep 1: create the basic sentence Maggie can talk?oStep 2: move Aux to CCan Maggie talk?Questions in other languages -French, like English, has Subj-Aux inversion in questions -Some languages, like Japanese, do no movement in a question but have a special question particle (Q particle)


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