Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Other fronting movements One observation that links all these structures (including those with an initial adverb) is that they a ...

Chapter 7 - Complementiser Phrases (108) CP C' C IP that PP IP in this town there’s no hiding place Conditional clauses also hav ...

Other fronting movements an Arsenal supporter I wouldn’t trust”. Thus, in terms of the information it contains, the stressed ele ...

Chapter 7 - Complementiser Phrases The fronted negative obviously follows the complementiser and so cannot be in specifier of CP ...

Other fronting movements relationship between the selecting verb and the head of its complement clause, i.e. the complementiser, ...

Chapter 7 - Complementiser Phrases (126) a CP C' C iP e AP i' never i IP e DP I' we I VP have played so well b CP C' C iP e DP i ...

Conclusion 6 Conclusion In this chapter we have introduced the final part of the clause structure of the English sentence. This ...

Chapter 7 - Complementiser Phrases 12 List some general ordering restrictions affecting certain elements in a clause. 13 What ar ...

Test your knowledge
Exercise 3 What types of adverbs (i. e. sentential or VP adverb) can be found in the following sentences? ...

Chapter 7 - Complementiser Phrases
Exercise 7 Identify the head and the foot of each chain in the sentences below. (1) a Jane ...

Chapter 8 The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses In this chapter we will concentrate on the non-finite clause and investigate syntacti ...

Chapter 8 - The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses (2) a [CP that [IP the sheriff will [vP ∆ [VP shoot the outlaw]]]] b [CP for [IP th ...

Exceptional and Small Clauses So it appears that the non-finite inflection does not have the capacity to assign Case as if it co ...

Chapter 8 - The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses difference between them is that hope can take a non-finite complement clause with a ...

Exceptional and Small Clauses This means that the VP doesn’t act as a barrier to government. From observations given in (8) abov ...

Chapter 8 - The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses replacement of the agentive or experiencer light verb with the passive morpheme whi ...

Exceptional and Small Clauses In this case the subject of the complement clause gets nominative Case from its own finite inflect ...

Chapter 8 - The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses 1.2 Clauses without IP If some clauses can lack CPs, the question naturally arises ...

Exceptional and Small Clauses (31) a I ordered [PP him out of the room] b I ordered [DP him a fool] c I ordered [AP him foolish] ...

Chapter 8 - The Syntax of Non-Finite Clauses (35) IP DP I' I XP Besides the problem that under this analysis the head of the pre ...