by Dan | Dec 20, 2022 | linguistics
Why Policy Analysis? Why are you thinking about policy? What does this mean to you? What about you makes you a good candidate to be a policy analyst? What do you hope to do as a policy analyst? What inspires you? What are you curious about? How have you...
by Dan | Dec 20, 2022 | linguistics
Why a Ph.D.? Why is a Ph.D. required for your intended career path? Why not a master’s degree? Why is a Ph.D. important to you? Why is this the logical next step?
by Dan | Aug 12, 2022 | linguistics
Scenario: You are veteran principal assigned to lead one of the most sought-after elementary magnet schools in the district. The school serves a diverse student population in pre-kindergarten through grade 5. The majority of students are from high-income households;...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
Assuming that the infinitive marker to is located under T (since it is in complementary distribution with tense marking), give either a bracketed version of sentence (1) or a tree representing sentence (1). NB: You do not have to include every node; just include/mark...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
Based on what you have discovered so far, how do you predict the following two sentences will be translated into St’át’imcets? (8) ‘I saw that chief’s house.’ (i.e., the meaning is ‘I saw [that [house that belongs to the chief]].’) (9) ‘I saw Mary’s chief’s...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
Are possessive DPs located in Spec, DP in St’át’imcets? Say why or why not, referring to the data in (7). (7) Áts’x-en=lhkan ta tsítcw-s=a ta kúkwpi7=a. see-tr=1sg.su det house-3poss=exis det chief=exis ‘I saw the chief’s house.’ ...
