Language Disorders Aspect quiz 4

The rules which govern the sequences of words and phrases in the sentences of a language are what comprise the component of _____________.

In a sentence the noun phrase(s) and the verb phrase are the major ________________.

Those aspects of nouns (as well as other words) which constrain their co-occurrence with other words are referred to as _________ _________.

A noun such as milk would be noted as _________ (+ or - count)

Words or phrases which serve to quantify, qualify, modify, rank or specify a noun are referred to as __________.

The words a, an, and some represent __________ which are marked __________ (+ definite) or (-definite)

The distinction in applying a, an, or some versus the is that the former forms are used to refer to ______ information whereas the latter form is used to encode ______ information.

Determiners which are used to denote singularity vs. plurality a well as relative proximity or distance from the speakers perspective are called ___________.

Words that indicate the number or relative quantity in a set are _________ whereas words that indicate position or order are _____________.

Words and forms that indicate relative quantities or degrees of a quality in comparing two things are called ___________. Words and forms that do this in comparing three or more things are _______________.

Write the syntactic formula for each of the following noun phrases:

The three stars

Write the syntactic formula for each of the following noun phrases:

Some bigger boxes

Write the syntactic formula for each of the following noun phrases:

Those first two children

Write the syntactic formula for each of the following noun phrases:

Our last house

Write the syntactic formula for each of the following noun phrases:

The most money

A modifier that preceds and modifies a noun is an __________; a noun that preceds and modifies a noun is a __________ _________; a word or phrase which serves to modify a verb is an ____________.

Because each adjective embeds additional semantic information about the noun, adjectives are sometimes referred to as semantic __________.

The three degress of an adjectival form are the base form, the -er or __________ form, and the -est or the ___________ form.

Adjectives may be formed from nouns and verbs through the use of _____________ inflections.

A word that expresses action or makes a statement regarding a process or the state of some entity is a ________.

In traditional grammar the
NP in S----NP + VP
was referred to as the subject and the VP was called the _____________.

Classify the verbs in the following sentences as action, process or state verbs.
a. The boy pulled the wagon.
b. The girl was friendly.
c. The dog became angry.

The uninflected form of a verb is also its __________ form.

The verb form which implies a general characteristic activity or a regularly recurring activitiy is the _______ ________ _______ ________.

Past verbs take two forms ________ and ____________.

The different phonetic forms used to indicated third person singualr present (/-s/, /-z/, /-ez/) and regular past tense (/-t/, /-d/, /-ed/) are referred to as ___________.

Finite forms of verbs include the simple _________, simple ________, and the __________ _______ ________ _______.

Nonfinite forms would include the _________ participle and ________ participle forms.

Since auxiliaries are by definition "helping" verbs, they must occur with a _______ verb.

Auxiliary forms which can convey various "moods" (such as permission, necessity, obligation, etc) are referred to as __________.

Be- auxiliaries used with progressive and perfect verb forms vary according to person, number and ___________.

When the Have- auxiliary is present the _________ verb form is required.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example

The boy was running.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example:

The duck is quacking.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example:

The man has washed.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example:

I have eaten now.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example:

They are playing.

Analyze the following verb phrases as in the example:

She had fallen.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

She should be playing now.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

He is kicking the ball.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

They may have been singing.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

They will watch a movie.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

She had taken her pills.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

The dog was barking.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

It could fall on you.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

Bill is fixing the car.

In the following sentences indicate the name of the underlined constituent as in the examples:

He has entered the race.

Verb forms which must occur alone are called ___________ while those that require an auxiliary are_________.