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What is the D Structure for the sentence 'Who should the director call?'
What is the D Structure for the sentence 'Who should the director call?'
- Who should the director call?
- Who call the director?
- The director should call who(m) (correct)
- The director call who
What is the S Structure for the sentence 'Who should call the director?'
What is the S Structure for the sentence 'Who should call the director?'
- The director should call who(m)
- Who should the director call?
- Who should call the director? (correct)
- The director call who
What is the D Structure for the sentence 'Which language does Michael teach?'
What is the D Structure for the sentence 'Which language does Michael teach?'
- Michael teaches which language? (correct)
- Which language does Michael teach?
- Which language teach Michael
- Michael teach which language
What is the difference between 'That guy should go' and 'Should that guy go?'
What is the difference between 'That guy should go' and 'Should that guy go?'
What is the purpose of 'do' insertion in S Structure?
What is the purpose of 'do' insertion in S Structure?
What is the purpose of the transformation rule in syntax?
What is the purpose of the transformation rule in syntax?
What is the function of the phrase 'very quickly' in sentence 1?) The efficient workers finished very quickly?
What is the function of the phrase 'very quickly' in sentence 1?) The efficient workers finished very quickly?
In sentence 2.) A very clever engineer designed this new car, what is the function of the phrase 'very clever'?
In sentence 2.) A very clever engineer designed this new car, what is the function of the phrase 'very clever'?
What is the grammatical function of the phrase 'suddenly' in sentence The large tiger suddenly leapt into the tree?
What is the grammatical function of the phrase 'suddenly' in sentence The large tiger suddenly leapt into the tree?
What is the structure of the phrase the girl who Jane befriended?
What is the structure of the phrase the girl who Jane befriended?
In the phrase the tree which the President stood under, what is the function of the phrase which the President stood under?
In the phrase the tree which the President stood under, what is the function of the phrase which the President stood under?
What is the grammatical function of the phrase who Millie talked to in the sentence the girl who Millie talked to?
What is the grammatical function of the phrase who Millie talked to in the sentence the girl who Millie talked to?
In the sentence 'The efficient workers finished very quickly', what is the function of the adverb 'very' in modifying the adverb 'quickly'?
In the sentence 'The efficient workers finished very quickly', what is the function of the adverb 'very' in modifying the adverb 'quickly'?
What is the syntactic function of the relative clause 'who Millie talked to' in the sentence 'the girl who Millie talked to'?
What is the syntactic function of the relative clause 'who Millie talked to' in the sentence 'the girl who Millie talked to'?
What is the difference between D-Structure and S-Structure in the context of Phrase Structure Grammar?
What is the difference between D-Structure and S-Structure in the context of Phrase Structure Grammar?
In the sentence 'The large tiger suddenly leapt into the tree', what is the function of the adverb 'suddenly'?
In the sentence 'The large tiger suddenly leapt into the tree', what is the function of the adverb 'suddenly'?
What is the function of the phrase 'which the President stood under' in the sentence 'the tree which the President stood under'?
What is the function of the phrase 'which the President stood under' in the sentence 'the tree which the President stood under'?
What is the purpose of transformation rules in Phrase Structure Grammar?
What is the purpose of transformation rules in Phrase Structure Grammar?
How do 'do' insertion and transformation rules contribute to the difference in meaning between sentences like 'Those birds sing' and 'Do those birds sing?'
How do 'do' insertion and transformation rules contribute to the difference in meaning between sentences like 'Those birds sing' and 'Do those birds sing?'
What is the significance of distinguishing between D-structure and S-structure in the analysis of sentences like 'Who should the director call?'?
What is the significance of distinguishing between D-structure and S-structure in the analysis of sentences like 'Who should the director call?'?
How do modifier and relative clauses function in sentences, and what is their relationship to the main clause?
How do modifier and relative clauses function in sentences, and what is their relationship to the main clause?
What is the role of Merge and Move operations in the syntactic analysis of sentences, and how do they relate to the concept of transformation?
What is the role of Merge and Move operations in the syntactic analysis of sentences, and how do they relate to the concept of transformation?
How do the positions of wh-words and auxiliaries in sentences like 'Which language does Michael teach?' affect their syntactic analysis?
How do the positions of wh-words and auxiliaries in sentences like 'Which language does Michael teach?' affect their syntactic analysis?
What is the significance of understanding the surface and underlying structures of sentences in syntactic analysis, using examples like 'That guy should go' vs. 'Should that guy go?'?
What is the significance of understanding the surface and underlying structures of sentences in syntactic analysis, using examples like 'That guy should go' vs. 'Should that guy go?'?