Malone UI Intro to Linguistics Syntax Spring 20.

1. Syntax

2. The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday

3. NPs and VPs
The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday

4. Syntactic Categories: NPs
The instructors…
The Brian… ?
N
N

5. N → NP
instructorsThe
NDet.
NP

6. The Brian… ?
NP

7. Syntactic Distribution
The instructors AND Brian = same distribution
It was the instructors that taught…
It was Brian that taught…

8. NPs and adjectives
The new instructors
Det. NAdj
N
NP

9. VPs
The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday

10. Does “taught” require a complement?
The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday

11. Transitivity
transitiveintransitive ditransitive

12. The new instructors taught (math) (on the second floor) (yesterday)
Transitivity?
The new instructors taught
PP
Adv:
TimeNP

13. Adjuncts?
The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday
PP
Adv:
Time

14. The new instructors taught yesterday
The new instructors taught on the second floor

15. PPs
on the second floor
Let’s label this on the board!

16. The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday
Adv: TimeVI
PP
VP
S
NP

17. The new instructors taught on the second floor yesterday

18. Image Credits
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