The document discusses bracketing phrases in sentences and provides examples of bracketing noun phrases and verb phrases. It also mentions several linguists such as Panini, Descartes, Humboldt, and Chomsky and some of their ideas about language and grammar. The document ends with two silly example sentences.

1. Questions

2. Bracketing
• I saw the book
• Noun Phrases, Verb Phrase
• ()(())
• (I) (saw (the book))

3. I worry
• Noun phrase and a verb
• (I)(worry)

4. I worry

5. I worry about worrying
• Let’s say about is a Preposition
• Let’s say worrying is a noun
• Or a verby noun
• Or a nouny verb
• Or something
• Who cares?

6. Bracketing
• I worry about worrying
• Noun Phrase(s), Verb Phrase, Prepositional
Phrase
• () ((()))
• (I) (worry (about (worrying)))
• Is worrying a noun or a verb?
• A verby noun?
• A nouny verb?
• Who cares?

7. I worry about worrying

8. Bracketing
• I worry about worrying about worrying
• Noun Phrase(s), Verb Phrase, Prepositional
Phrase
• ()(((())))
• (I) (worry (about (worrying (about worrying))))

9. I worry about worrying about worrying

10. Who was Panini?
• A Sanskrit scholar from Pakistan
• About 2,500 years ago

11. What is a panini?
• It’s a funny sandwich
• Or a bread-type thing
• Who cares?

12. Rene Descartes
• Said something is very important
• It depends on language
• What is it?
• Human reason

13. Humboldt – what did he say?
• Language makes infinite use of finite media.

14. What was Chomsky’s idea?
• Maybe language is built into our brains
• Language faculty
• Language module
• Universal Grammar
• Stuff like that

15. Here’s a silly sentence
• One
• Of
• Those
• Gorillas
• Ate
• My
• Cheese
• Panini
• While
• Sitting
• In
• The
• Library

16. • Twelve
• Silly
• Snakes
• Slid
• Under
• The
• Teacher’s
• Door
• And
• Bit
• Him