A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition
Describe any differences you notice between examples 5a and 6a. D. Now consider examples 7-9 and answer the questions that fol ...
E. In your opinion, is there a problem with the reference of the pronoun them in example l? If your answer is "yes," then discus ...
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Name Section 8.6 Performative Verbs versus Perlocutionary Verbs A performative utterance describes the act being performed. For ...
B. Which underlined verbs in 1-10 are perlocutionary verbs? Give your reasons. C. I hereby persuade you to leave is odd. Why is ...
Name Section 8.7 Pro verbs Consider the following proverbs and answer questions A and B. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. ...
B. What kinds of communicative uses of language do proverbs exemplify? In what sense, if any, are proverbs nonliteral? Defend yo ...
Name Section 8.8 Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement: English The following "agreement principle" can be found in College Entrance Revi ...
B. If consultants say that examples 5 and 6 sound "okay," ask them whether they find any difference between examples 5-6 and exa ...
Section 8.9 Major Moods 1: Finnish The following declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences are from Finnish, a Europe ...
Haluanko (mina) mehua? Juo teeta! Mika tama on? Tama on kirja. Missa kirja on? Missa kahvi on? Kuka Tuomari Brown on? Han on am ...
C. Compare and contrast the formation of Finnish questions that use interrogative pronouns (i.e., pronouns such as who(m) and wh ...
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Name Section 8.10 Major Moods 2: Copala Trique Below are sentences illustrating the declarative, interrogative, and imperative m ...
"Run away!" (sg.) "The woman saw the boy." "The boy saw the woman." "Who(m) did the boy see?" "Who saw the boy?" "Who went to to ...
C. How are Copala Trique imperative sentences formed? D. Discuss the role of word order in Copala Trique. In particular, discuss ...
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Name Section 8.77 Major Moods 3: Mandarin Chinese The following sentences illustrate the form that the major moods take in Manda ...
%i/lim'Ei%o W6-men shub Zhbng-guo- hua. 13- 4&flliQ&i%+@i%? T5-men shu6 bu shub Zhbng-guo-hua? (@) i%+rni%! (Ni) shub Z ...
Describe two ways in which yeslno questions can be formed in Chinese. 3. How are wh-questions formed in Chinese? (In English, w ...
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