Introduction to Syntax Session 1
Introduction to Syntax Session 1
Introduction to Syntax Session 1
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Parts of Speech<br />
• We will go through Carnie’s book “<strong>Syntax</strong>” chapter by<br />
chaper.<br />
• We start with analyzing the units that sentences are built<br />
upon: words. (Chapter 2)<br />
• Famous example (Groucho Marx):<br />
Time flies like an arrow.<br />
Fruit flies like a banana.<br />
(first flies is a verb, second flies is a noun. First like is a<br />
comparative conjunction, second like is a verb. )<br />
27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 19
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