by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
Is the possessive morpheme -s in D in St’át’imcets? Say why or why not, referring to the data in (5)-(6) and possibly some data from above if you need it. (Tip: don’t focus on the fact that -s is a suffix and appears after the noun. That could be taken care of...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
Are demonstratives located in D in St’át’imcets? Say why or why not, referring to the data in (1)-(4). If you think demonstratives are not in D, where do you think they might they be? (1) Áts’x-en=lhkan ta tsítcw=a. see-tr=1sg.su det house=exis ‘I saw the...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
In mini-lecture 5a-1 we saw that in English, possessor DPs are located in the specifier of DP, and the possessive morpheme -s is in the head of DP. We had already been placing possessive pronouns like your, my, his, etc. under the D node. Finally,...
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
We saw in tutorial 9 that there is a syntactic difference between embedded wh-questions and matrix ones, to do with Subject Auxiliary Inversion. Do relative clauses behave like embedded or matrix wh-questions in this respect? Give data to support your answer.
by Dan | Aug 8, 2022 | linguistics
What is the constituent structure of relative clauses – is it more like in (3a) or (3b)? Apply the substitution test to gather some evidence. (Tip: Give data involving substitution that provide support for, or evidence against, these two structures. This may...
by Dan | Aug 7, 2022 | linguistics
Relative clauses are DPs that contain clauses. Examples: (1) the spy who I love (2) this painting which Jesse bought
