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Transformational Grammar and Generative Syntax
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| Number of Questions: 15 | |
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Who is considered the father of Transformational Grammar?
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Noam Chomsky
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Ferdinand de Saussure
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Leonard Bloomfield
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Charles Hockett
Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as the father of Transformational Grammar, which he introduced in his book 'Syntactic Structures' in 1957.
What is the primary goal of Transformational Grammar?
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To describe the structure of sentences
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To explain how sentences are produced
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To analyze the meaning of sentences
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To identify the grammatical rules of a language
The primary goal of Transformational Grammar is to describe the structure of sentences in a language, focusing on the underlying rules and principles that govern their formation.
What is the concept of 'deep structure' in Transformational Grammar?
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The underlying structure of a sentence before transformations are applied
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The surface structure of a sentence after transformations are applied
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The semantic representation of a sentence
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The phonetic representation of a sentence
In Transformational Grammar, 'deep structure' refers to the underlying structure of a sentence before any transformations are applied. It represents the abstract syntactic representation of a sentence.
What is the concept of 'surface structure' in Transformational Grammar?
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The underlying structure of a sentence before transformations are applied
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The surface structure of a sentence after transformations are applied
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The semantic representation of a sentence
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The phonetic representation of a sentence
In Transformational Grammar, 'surface structure' refers to the surface structure of a sentence after all transformations have been applied. It represents the actual form of the sentence that is spoken or written.
What are transformations in Transformational Grammar?
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Rules that change the deep structure of a sentence into the surface structure
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Rules that change the surface structure of a sentence into the deep structure
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Rules that change the semantic representation of a sentence into the syntactic representation
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Rules that change the phonetic representation of a sentence into the syntactic representation
Transformations in Transformational Grammar are rules that change the deep structure of a sentence into the surface structure. These transformations include operations such as movement, deletion, and insertion.
What is the concept of 'generative capacity' in Generative Syntax?
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The ability of a grammar to generate all and only the grammatical sentences of a language
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The ability of a grammar to generate all and only the ungrammatical sentences of a language
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The ability of a grammar to generate all and only the ambiguous sentences of a language
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The ability of a grammar to generate all and only the unacceptable sentences of a language
In Generative Syntax, 'generative capacity' refers to the ability of a grammar to generate all and only the grammatical sentences of a language. This is a fundamental property of a grammar that allows it to account for the productivity and creativity of human language.
What is the concept of 'universal grammar' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that all languages share a common underlying structure
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The idea that all languages share a common set of grammatical rules
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The idea that all languages share a common set of lexical items
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The idea that all languages share a common set of phonological rules
In Generative Syntax, 'universal grammar' refers to the idea that all languages share a common underlying structure, consisting of a set of principles and parameters that govern the organization of human language.
What is the concept of 'poverty of stimulus' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that children are exposed to a limited amount of linguistic input during language acquisition
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The idea that children are exposed to an unlimited amount of linguistic input during language acquisition
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The idea that children are exposed to a random amount of linguistic input during language acquisition
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The idea that children are exposed to a biased amount of linguistic input during language acquisition
In Generative Syntax, 'poverty of stimulus' refers to the idea that children are exposed to a limited amount of linguistic input during language acquisition, which is insufficient to account for the complexity of the language they acquire.
What is the concept of 'principles and parameters' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that universal grammar consists of a set of fixed principles and variable parameters
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The idea that universal grammar consists of a set of variable principles and fixed parameters
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The idea that universal grammar consists of a set of fixed principles and fixed parameters
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The idea that universal grammar consists of a set of variable principles and variable parameters
In Generative Syntax, 'principles and parameters' refers to the idea that universal grammar consists of a set of fixed principles that are common to all languages and a set of variable parameters that can differ across languages.
What is the concept of 'government and binding' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that syntactic relations are determined by the distribution of governing categories
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The idea that syntactic relations are determined by the distribution of binding categories
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The idea that syntactic relations are determined by the distribution of both governing and binding categories
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The idea that syntactic relations are determined by the distribution of neither governing nor binding categories
In Generative Syntax, 'government and binding' refers to the idea that syntactic relations are determined by the distribution of both governing categories, which assign Case to their dependents, and binding categories, which determine the domain of anaphora.
What is the concept of 'X-bar theory' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that syntactic structures are organized into a hierarchy of constituents
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The idea that syntactic structures are organized into a network of constituents
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The idea that syntactic structures are organized into a flat structure of constituents
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The idea that syntactic structures are organized into a random structure of constituents
In Generative Syntax, 'X-bar theory' refers to the idea that syntactic structures are organized into a hierarchy of constituents, with each constituent having a head and a set of dependents.
What is the concept of 'movement' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that constituents can be moved from one position to another in a syntactic structure
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The idea that constituents cannot be moved from one position to another in a syntactic structure
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The idea that constituents can be moved only within a certain domain in a syntactic structure
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The idea that constituents can be moved only outside a certain domain in a syntactic structure
In Generative Syntax, 'movement' refers to the idea that constituents can be moved from one position to another in a syntactic structure, allowing for a wide range of syntactic phenomena such as wh-movement, topicalization, and passivization.
What is the concept of 'trace' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that movement leaves a trace in the position from which the constituent was moved
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The idea that movement does not leave a trace in the position from which the constituent was moved
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The idea that movement leaves a trace only in certain positions in a syntactic structure
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The idea that movement leaves a trace only in certain domains in a syntactic structure
In Generative Syntax, 'trace' refers to the idea that movement leaves a trace in the position from which the constituent was moved, indicating the original position of the constituent in the deep structure.
What is the concept of 'control' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that the subject of a sentence controls the interpretation of certain elements in the sentence
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The idea that the object of a sentence controls the interpretation of certain elements in the sentence
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The idea that the verb of a sentence controls the interpretation of certain elements in the sentence
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The idea that the adverb of a sentence controls the interpretation of certain elements in the sentence
In Generative Syntax, 'control' refers to the idea that the subject of a sentence controls the interpretation of certain elements in the sentence, such as the interpretation of PRO and certain types of infinitival constructions.
What is the concept of 'binding' in Generative Syntax?
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The idea that certain elements in a sentence must be bound by other elements in the sentence
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The idea that certain elements in a sentence cannot be bound by other elements in the sentence
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The idea that certain elements in a sentence can be bound only by certain other elements in the sentence
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The idea that certain elements in a sentence can be bound only by certain domains in the sentence
In Generative Syntax, 'binding' refers to the idea that certain elements in a sentence, such as pronouns and anaphors, must be bound by other elements in the sentence, such as their antecedents, in order to be properly interpreted.