1. Syntax

2. Syntactic Ambiguity Yoko Ono will talk about her husband John Lennon who was killed in an interview with Barbara Walters. Yoko Ono will talk about her husband John Lennon who was killed in an interview with Barbara Walters. Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors. Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors. Clinton wins on budget, more lies ahead Clinton wins on budget, more lies ahead Complaints about NBA referees growing ugly Complaints about NBA referees growing ugly We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container. We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container. For Sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating. For Sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating.

3. Syntactic Concepts Grammatical does not depend on truth or meaning Grammatical does not depend on truth or meaning Grammatical relations between parts of sentence Grammatical relations between parts of sentence transitive vs. intransitive verbs transitive vs. intransitive verbs verbs that take a gerund vs. infinitive verbs that take a gerund vs. infinitive Ambiguity Ambiguity Syntactic categories – p. 125 Syntactic categories – p. 125 Constituents Constituents Trees Trees Phrase structure rules Phrase structure rules