2. I. Introduction
a grammatical unit between the constituent
parts of which distributional limitations and
dependencies can be established, but
which can itself be put into no distributional
class
- a string of words put together by the
grammatical rules of a language expressing
a complete thought
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3. I. Characteristics of sentences
2.1. Linearity: Subject - Predicate
S V
S V O
S V O A
S V C A
S V A
S V O C
S V O.i O.d
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4. I. Characteristics of sentences
2.2. Hierarchy
Sentences are hierarchically structured,
that is, they are not simply sequences of
individual words but are made up of
word groupings, which themselves may
consist of lesser groupings.
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5. I. Characteristics of sentences
2.2. Hierarchy
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The government expelled the officers from Thailand.
8. I. Characteristics of sentences
2.3. Categoriality
DET N V DET N P N
the government expelled the officers from Thailand
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11. Draw the constitution structures
for the following sentences.
1. He works very hard.
2. James became a doctor.
3. The soldier ran very quickly.
4. I have a dog with a long tail.
5. Baseball is the most popular sport in Japan.
6. They went to the beach yesterday.
7. He was very fond of Mary in some ways.
8. These students are very good at English.
9. I saw Mary in the park.
10. I bought this interesting book from that shop
12. Draw the tree structures of the following
sentences to signify the ambiguity and
explain the meaning of each structure.
1. Old men and women left.
2. I need more exciting ideas.
3. The company needs new car salesmen.
4. She is an old English teacher.
5. I saw the mother of Tom and Bill.
6. I saw (the fan) and (the desk … on the right.)
I saw (the fan and the desk) on the right.
