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The boy is sleeping. Is the boy sleeping?
The boy can sleep.Can the boy sleep?
Mary picked up the book.Mary picked the book up.
Mary hit Bill.Bill was hit by Mary.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 90.
The father wept silently.The father silently wept.
Mary picked up the book.Mary picked the book up.
Mary hired Bill.Bill was hired by Mary.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, p. 152.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2007. An Introduction to Language, 8th edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, p. 115.
I know that you know.I know you know.
The boy is sleeping.Is the boy sleeping?
The boy can sleep.Can the boy sleep?
The boy slept.Did the boy sleep?
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, p. 152.
Different from PS rules Purpose of T-rules Examples of T-rules needed D-structure and S-structure trees
No formal statement of rules in textbook
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 115ff.
Yes/No Questions (EX) The boy is sleeping.Is the body sleeping?
Question Word Movement (EX)
Active/Passive The cat chased the mouse.The mouse was chased by the cat.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, pp. 115-124.
There sentences A man was on the roof.There was a man on the roof.
PP Preposing The astronomer saw the quasar with the
telescope.With the telescope, the astronomer saw the
quasar.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, pp. 115-124.
Verb-Adverb Switching (EX) The father wept silently.The father silently wept.
Verb-Particle SwitchingMary picked up the bookMary picked the book up.
Topicalization John asked Mary to see this film with him. This film, John asked Mary to see with him.
What can transformational rules do?
1. Move elements
2. Add elements
3. Delete elements
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 117.
S
NP VP
Det N V
The boy is sleeping
Aux VP
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 116.
S
S
Aux NP VP
Det N V
Is the boy sleeping
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 116.
S
S
PROwh Aux NP VP
Npr Vt NP _
What can Mary accomplish
Nick Cipollone, Steven Hartman Keiser, Shravan Vasishth, editors. Language Files, seventh edition. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998, p. 206
S
NP VP
Det N V Adv
The father wept silently
Victoria Fromkin and Robert Rodman. An Introduction to Language, sixth edition. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998, p. 138.
S
NP VP
Det N Adv V
The father silently wept
Victoria Fromkin and Robert Rodman. An Introduction to Language, sixth edition. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998, p. 138.
The guy seems kind of cute.The guys seem kind of cute.
The guy we met at the party next door seems kind of cute.
The guys we met at the party next door seem kind of cute.
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 118.
The boy was dreaming. Was the boy dreaming?
The boy who is sleeping was dreaming.Was the boy who is sleeping dreaming?
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, pp. 118-119.
The girl with the incredibly red hair who
bought the Porsche yesterday down on
Mintzu Road that I saw talking to your
sister is eating.
“Universal Grammar (UG) provides the
basic design for all human languages, and
individual languages are simply variations
on this basic design.”
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 124.
“Imagine a new housing development. All of the houses have the same floor plan, but the occupants have some choices to make. They can have carpet or hardwood floors, curtains or blinds; they can choose their kitchen cabinets and the countertops, the bathroom tiles, and so on.
It is claimed that “This is more or less how the syntax operates. Languages conform to a basic design and then there are choice points or points of variation.”
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, p. 124.
Universal Phrase structure rules Phrases consist of heads and complements Sentences are headed by Aux (or T) Movement rules Structural dependency
Specific Parameters Word order Head first / last Details about tense, aspect, agreement Details about inflection Movement or non-movement
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2011. An Introduction to Language, 9th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, pp. 124-127.
They decrease the number of PS Rules we need. We can write just basic rules (for d-structure) and allow T Rules to transform them into surface forms (s-structure).
They show the relationship between related sentences that native speakers intuitively feel.
They prevent us from writing PS Rules that might allow ungrammatical sentences.
1. The boy bit the dog.
2. A large elephant walked into the school.
3. Cathy said that Sonia likes music.
4. Avon believes we should help other people.
5. That we should help other people is praised
by everyone.