LING 402 Final Examination Review (Round II)

GET OFF MY CASE

200

Marked by -o in Japanese, this case is associated with direct objects.

What is the accusative case?

400

The English 's is not exactly a case marker, but a clitic, but if it did mark a case, it would be this one.

What is the genitive case?

600

In Vafsi, this case triggers person-number agreement on the verb, but only in intransitive clauses.

What is the direct case?

800

In a tripartite language, this is the traditionally the name given to the case associated with the transitive subject.

What is the ergative case?

1000

Although Okinawan is a nominative-accusative language, just like Japanese, it exhibits this unusual subtype of NOM-ACC alignment.

What is marked nominativity (or zero accusativity)?

I LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT

200

What does he want to do?

What is wh-movement?

400

Dogs, I love them.

What is topicalization?

600

To whom do you wish to speak?

What is pied-piping?

800

Will you be coming?

What is subject-auxiliary inversion (or T-to-C raising)?

1000

Is Bill mad do you think?

What is clausal pied-piping (or multiple inversion)?

WORD ORDER IN THE COURT

200

This is the basic constituent order of Irish.

What is VSO?

400

This is a possible order both upstairs and downstairs in Icelandic.

What is V2?

600

German CPs/DPs/PPs are head-initial, whereas its TPs/VPs are head-final, making it this type of language.

What is mixed-directional?

800

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.

1000

These are the three rare word orders for which we cannot draw trees in our system yet.

What are OVS, OSV, and VSO?

CLASS SOLIDARITY

200

This is the scientific study of sounds and signs. Dr. Morton will be teaching a class on this field next semester.

What is phonology?

400

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?

600

This is a non-generative approach to syntax that Dr. Pahis told you about. You can take a class on it with Dr. Cacoullos next semester.

What is functionalism/functional syntax?

800

This subfield studies language change in space and time. I will be teaching a course on it in the spring.

What is historical linguistics?

1000

If you don't want to take historical linguistics with me or sociolinguistics with Dr. Hoffman, you can take this applied linguistics course to fulfill the language and society requirement in the major.

What is APLNG 200 - Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction?

TESTING CONDITIONS

200

This is the location of your exam.

What is Willard 169?

400

This is the time of your exam.

What is 12:20?

600

This is the date of your exam.

What is April 29?

800

This is what you must bring to your exam.

What is (lots of) paper and a writing implement?

1000

Daily Double

This is the number of points that your exam is worth.