Flashcards on Syntactic Movement and Markedness in English
Syntactic Movement and Markedness in English: A Guide
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Card 1
Question: Name three comprehensive reference works on English grammar listed in the references.
Answer: The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Huddleston & Pullum 2002); A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (Quirk et al. 1985); Longman
Card 2
Question: Which book is cited as an introduction to generative syntax in the references?
Answer: Syntax: a generative introduction by Andrew Carnie (2013).
Card 3
Question: Which reference focuses specifically on lexical categories like verbs, nouns and adjectives?
Answer: Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives by M.C. Baker (2003).
Card 4
Question: Which works address information structure, focus, topic, and related concepts?
Answer: Lambrecht (1994) Information Structure and Sentence Form; Taglicht (1984) Message and Emphasis; Rochemont & Culicover (1990) English Focus Constructio
Card 5
Question: Which references are explicitly about syntactic theory or contemporary syntactic theory?
Answer: The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory (Baltin & Collins 2001); Understanding Minimalism (Hornstein, Nunes & Grohmann 2005); Syntactic Theory:
Card 6
Question: Which sources deal with clause structure and complex constructions in typological perspective?
Answer: Foley & Van Valin (2007) on information packaging in the clause (in Shopen ed., Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Clause Structure Vol. I);
Card 7
Question: Which reference discusses word order and scrambling?
Answer: Word Order and Scrambling by S. Karimi (2003).
Card 8
Question: Which works focus on noun phrase or noun phrase syntax?
Answer: The Syntax of Noun Phrases by A. Giorgi and G. Longobardi (1991).
Card 9
Question: Which texts are cited as introductions or general guides to syntax for students?
Answer: Syntax: A Linguistic Introduction to Sentence Structure (Brown & Miller 1991); Understanding English Grammar: A Linguistic Approach (Wardhaugh 1997);
Card 10
Question: Which reference examines cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English?
Answer: Cleft and Pseudo-cleft Constructions in English by P.J. Collins (1991).