100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached
logo-home
Complete Summary - Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English $11.22
Add to cart

Summary

Complete Summary - Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English

 4 views  0 purchase
  • Course
  • Institution
  • Book

This is a complete summary of the course Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English at Leiden University

Preview 4 out of 44  pages

  • No
  • 1 t/m 9
  • October 18, 2023
  • 44
  • 2021/2022
  • Summary
avatar-seller
Complete Summary

Linguistics 2
Analysing Sentences
Chapters 1-9




Anouk de Waard
BA English Language and Culture
Leiden University

,Index

Index 1
Chapter 1 5
What is structure? 5
Tree Diagrams 5
Phrases 5
Establishing constituents 6
‘Phrase’ and ‘constituent’ 6
Chapter 2 7
Subject and predicate 7
Subject 7
Predicate 7
Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase 7
Noun Phrase 7
Verb Phrase 7
Dependency and function 7
Head 7
Modifier 7
Complement 8
Recursive phrases 8
Chapter 3 9
Distribution 9
Categories 9
Lexical categories 9
Phrasal categories 9
Nouns 9
Proper nouns 9
Common nouns 9
Pronouns 10
Lexical and phrasal categories 10
Noun and Noun phrase 10
Verb and Verb phrase 10
Adjective Phrases and Adverb Phrases 10
Representing Adjective phrases 10
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 11
Coordinate Phrases 11




1

,Chapter 4 12
First look at verbs 12
Lexical verbs 12
Auxiliary verbs 12
Complements of lexical verbs 12
Two types of complements to a verb 12
Objects 12
Predicatives 12
Six sub-categories of lexical verbs 13
Transitive verbs 13
Intransitive verbs 13
Ditransitive verbs 13
Intensive 13
Complex transitive 14
Prepositional 14
Six sub-categories of lexical verbs table 15
Chapter 5 16
Adverbials 16
Adjunct adverbials 16
Disjunct adverbials (XP) 16
Conjunct adverbials (XP) 16
Phrasal Verbs 16
Ellipsis (E) 17
Chapter 6 - Part 1 18
Lexical and auxiliary verbs 18
Contrast 18
Tense and Time 18
Subject-verb agreement in complex VPs 18
English has no future tense 18
Tense for first in the sequence 18
Modals must be tensed 18
Distributional division of English verbs 19
Modals 19
Perfect ‘HAVE’ 19
Progressive ‘BE’ 20
‘HAVE’ and ‘BE’ 20
Passive ‘BE’ 20
The Syntax of VPs containing Auxiliary verbs 20
Stacked VPs 20
Auxiliary Verb Phrases and Adverbials 21


2

, Chapter 6 - Part 2 22
Constructions that depend on auxiliaries 22
Passive sentences 22
Negative sentences 23
Questions 23
More on have and be 24
Have 24
Be 24
Chapter 7 24
The structure of Noun Phrases 25
Determiners 25
Articles (ART) 25
Demonstratives (DEM) 25
Quantifying determiners (quantifiers) (Q) 26
Possessives 26
The Empty determiner ( ) 26
Pre-determiners 27
Pre-modifiers in NOM 27
Adjective Phrases 27
Quantifying adjectives (QA) 27
Participle phrases (PartP) 28
Nouns 28
The structure of NOM 28
Post-modifiers 29
Prepositional phrases 29
Adjective phrases 30
Modification of pronouns 30
NOM and the pro-NOM one 31
Chapter 8 31
Sentences within sentences 32
Complementisers: that and whether 33
Functions of that- and whether-clauses 34
Subject - and extraposed subject 34
Object extraposition 34
Direct objects that are bare S’ 35
S’ as a Complement of V within VP 35
S’ as a complement of intensive be 35
S‘ as a Complement of A within AP 36
S’ as a Complement of N within NP 36
S’ as a Complement of P within PP 37


3

The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.

Quick and easy check-out

Quick and easy check-out

You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.

Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying these notes from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller noukkiepoukkie. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy these notes for $11.22. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

53022 documents were sold in the last 30 days

Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now

Start selling
$11.22
  • (0)
Add to cart
Added