GET OFF MY CASE
Marked by -o in Japanese, this case is associated with direct objects.
What is the accusative case?
What does he want to do?
What is wh-movement?
What is VSO?
This is the scientific study of sounds and signs. Dr. Morton will be teaching a class on this field next semester.
What is phonology?
This is the location of your exam.
What is Willard 169?
The English 's is not exactly a case marker, but if it were a case marker, it would mark this case.
What is the genitive case?
Dogs, I love.
What is topicalization?
This is a possible order both upstairs and downstairs in Icelandic.
What is V2?
This is the scientific study of word-internal form-meaning correspondence. You can take a class on it with me next semester.
What is morphology?
What is 12:20?
In Vafsi, this case triggers person-number agreement on the verb, but only in intransitive clauses.
What is the direct case?
To whom do you wish to speak?
What is pied-piping?
German CPs/DPs/PPs are head-initial, whereas its TPs/VPs are head-final, making it this type of language.
What is mixed-directional?
What is functionalism/functional syntax?
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What is April 29?
In a tripartite language, this is the traditionally the name given to the case associated with the transitive subject.
What is the ergative case?
Will you be coming?
What is subject-auxiliary inversion (or T-to-C raising)?
Daily Double
This lexical item occupies the left edge in Irish and the right edge in Japanese and does not exist at all in English.
What is historical linguistics?
This is what you must bring to your exam.
What is (lots of) paper and a writing implement?
What is marked nominativity (or zero accusativity)?
Is Bill mad do you think?
What is clausal pied-piping (or multiple inversion)?
These are the three rare word orders for which we cannot draw trees in our system yet.
What are OVS, OSV, and VSO?
What is APLNG 200 - Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction?
This is the number of points that your exam is worth.