Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Index

D.
dative alternate see dative construction
dative construction 82 , 201 , 202
daughter 71 , 74, 107, 110
Deep-structure 111 – 14 , 124–27, 130,
159, 171, 179, 183, 213, 214, 234,
240, 255, 277, 322, 325, 326, 327
defining relative clause see restrictive
relative clause
definiteness 44 , 45, 145, 148
DegP 73
derived noun 27, 28, 337
determiner 11, 12, 14, 43 – 47 , 53, 54,
66, 67, 72–74, 83, 92, 95, 96, 103–
106, 141 – 49 , 151, 153–61, 237,
238, 268, 273, 274, 289, 337–40
central determiner 45 , 156
definite determiner 44 , 45, 149, 150,
151
indefinite determiner 44 , 149, 150,
151
post-determiner 45 , 54, 156 , 157,
158
pre-determiner 156 , 158–61
determiner phrase (DP) 73 , 74, 79, 81,
83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95, 96,
104, 113, 121–24, 141 – 61 , 168,
169, 184–86, 201, 204, 205, 208,
210–14, 224, 237, 254, 269, 271,
274, 277, 288, 311, 320–39
distribution 8 – 10 , 13, 14, 22, 27, 34,
40, 48, 66, 67, 72, 73, 83–85, 87,
90, 92, 98, 106, 115, 116, 120, 124,
141, 143, 155, 168, 220, 223, 236,
271, 273, 274, 288, 290, 299, 302,
304, 331–34, 337
do-insertion see do-support
do-support 216 , 217, 242 – 46 , 252, 286
double object construction 82 , 201 ,
202, 210, 214
Doubly Filled COMP Filter 285
DP see Determiner Phrase
DP-movement 273

E.
echo question 275

ECM see Exceptional Case Marking

E-language 2 , 64, 65, 100

endocentric structure 97 – 100 , 236

ergative language 176

event structure 165 – 68 , 171–79, 192–

94, 199, 201, 211, 213, 265

Exceptional Case-marking (ECM) 316

existential there-construction 169, 171,

182–86, 214

exocentric structure 98 , 100, 234, 236

extended projection 191 – 92 , 196, 197

Extended Projection Principle 322 ,

327, 330

extraction site 124 , 126, 127, 130

extraposition 112

F.

[±F] 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 25, 30, 33, 36,

38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54,

101, 237, 268, 301, 321

finite clause 41 , 42, 50, 75–77, 120–

22, 131, 182, 209, 219, 235–38,

258, 268, 273, 293, 312, 322, 325–

27, 331

finiteness 50, 51, 314

Finnish 4, 245, 303

focus 300–303

focus fronting 299–03, 305

force 19 , 51 , 165, 216, 265 , 267, 270,

272, 274, 279

French 4

functional category 11 , 12, 14, 15, 19,

39, 40 – 51 , 150, 161, 301

G.

GB see Government and Binding

Theory

general ordering requirements 288

generative grammar 3, 10, 25, 65, 188

genitive Case 121 , 151, 154

German 4, 199

gerund 311, 336 – 41 , 341

government 259 , 314–17, 333, 336

Government and Binding Theory (GB) 1

grammar 1 – 3 , 8, 9, 64, 65, 74, 81, 100–

103, 111, 113, 120, 186, 209, 235