Welcome to the flashcards tool for ‘The Study of Language, 5 th edition’, Chapter 8 This is designed as a simple supplementary resource for this textbook, and aims to help students grasp the meaning of the core essential terms within the book. Each term will appear on its own, and you can then click to check the definition. Click or press [space] to begin.

syntax (syntactic structures) [ click for answer ] term:

(the analysis of) the structure of phrases and sentences [ click for next term ] definition:

generative grammar [ click for answer ] term:

a set of rules defining the possible sentences in a language [ click for next term ] definition:

deep structure [ click for answer ] term:

the underlying structure of sentences as represented by phrase structure rules [ click for next term ] definition:

structural ambiguity [ click for answer ] term:

a situation in which a single phrase or sentence has two (or more) different underlying structures and interpretations [ click for next term ] definition:

surface structure [ click for answer ] term:

the structure of individual sentences after the application of movement rules to deep structure [ click for next term ] definition:

tree diagram [ click for answer ] term:

a diagram with branches showing the hierarchical organization of structures [ click for next term ] definition:

phrase structure rules [ click for answer ] term:

rules stating that the structure of a phrase of a specific type consists of one or more constituents in a particular order [ click for next term ] definition:

prepositional phrase (PP) [ click for answer ] term:

a phrase such as with a dog, consisting of a preposition plus a noun phrase [ click for next term ] definition:

lexical rules [ click for answer ] term:

rules stating which words can be used for constituents generated by phrase structure rules [ click for next term ] definition:

auxiliary verb (Aux) [ click for answer ] term:

a word such as in or with used with a noun phrase [ click for next term ] definition:

movement rules [ click for answer ] term:

rules that are used to move constituents in structures derived from phrase structure rules. They have a special rewrite arrow [ click for next term ] definition:

complementizer (C ) [ click for answer ] term:

word such as that introducing a complement phrase [ click for next term ] definition:

complement phrase (CP) [ click for answer ] term:

a structure such as that Mary helped George used to complete a construction beginning with a structure such as Cathy knew [ click to exit ] definition: