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What are the two syntactic subcomponents of grammar?
Lexicon and computational system
What are the special types of phrases?
Infinitive phrase, participle phrase, gerund phrase
Earliest learned conjunction by two-year-olds? Are temporal or causal conjunctions learned first?
And
Temporal
What are the three types of interrogative questions?
Wh questions, yes/no questions, tag questions
What is the hierarchal order of clause, phrase, word and sentence?
Word, phrase, clause, sentence
What are the 5 common types of phrases?
Noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, adjectival phrase, and adverb phrase
Another name for lexical category and an example.
Content words
Example: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositions, etc.
By what age are most children quite good at producing all sentence varieties?
4 years old
Another name for nonlexical category and an example
Functional words
Example: Conjunctions, determiners, auxiliaries, etc.
Define independent and dependent clause.
Independent: A group of words that can stand alone in a sentence. Contains both a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought
Dependent: A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb but does not form a complete thought and cannot stand alone.
Three main ways we can determine what category a word belongs to
Meaning, Inflection, Distribution
What is a verb particle? Give an example.
The preposition within a prepositional verb is no longer called a preposition but is called a verb particle.
Example: She looked up the number.
Name two elements that all clauses contain.
What is the “landmark syntactic event” that occurs at approximately 3-4 years of age?
Subject and a verb
Use of clauses
Three main parts of a phrase
Head, Specifier, Complement
What is a prepositional verb? Give an example.
An idiomatic expression that combines a verb and a preposition to make a new verb with a distinct meaning.
Example: care for
What is an antecedent? Give an example.
The word before a preposition that is linked to the object of the prepositional phrase.
Example: Please put the milk in the refrigerator.
Provide an example of coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, and a correlative conjunction.
Coordinating: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Subordinating: After
Correlative: Either/or
Name the different forms of conjunctions and the three main types of conjunctions.
What is a phrasal preposition? Give an example.
Two or more words that make a complex preposition (Adverb + Preposition) Example: Instead of
What is a compound preposition? Give an example.
A preposition that is formed by prefixing a preposition to a noun, adjective or adverb.
Example: Below
What transformation occurs in created yes/no questions?
The auxiliary verb is moved to the front position.
Example: “Are you going to the store?”
Example of complex sentence and compound-complex sentence.
Complex: When the cake was done, Mary took it out of the oven.
Compound-complex: Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it up in the microwave and I ate it quickly.
Example of Wh Question; yes/no question and tag question.
Wh: What is your name?
Yes/no: Is the book blue?
Tag Question: You like it, right?
Example of simple sentence and compound sentence.
Simple: Joe went to the store.
Compound: The ducks quacked and the chicks peeped.
Four main types of dependent clauses and the four main types of sentences.
Clauses: Noun clause, adjective (relative) clause, adverb clause, and Comparative clause
Sentences: Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex