Assignment 6 Phrasal Categories: NP (I)

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Assignment 6 Phrasal Categories NP (I)
           Complements vs. Adjuncts

• Tests
• (1) ordering
• (2) wh-question
• (3) pro-N'
• (4) stacking
• (5) co-occurrence

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1. the article on desks          C 2. the
article on the desk       A

•    Tests
•   (1) ordering the article on desks on the
  desk
• 
  C A
•   (3) pro-N'  the one on the desk
•   (2) wh-question                  
    where
•                Where is the article on desks?
•     it
• cf. ?the article on the desk on desks

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3. a constant search for knowledge         C
4. a constant search for nothing            A

• Tests
•   (1) ordering
• a constant search for knowledge for
  nothing
•                                              (
  for no apparent reason)
• 
  why
•         The student searched the internet for
  knowledge
•       ?a constant search for nothing for
  knowledge
•   (2) wh-question
• What are you making a constant search for?
  
•         Why are you making a constant search?
•    

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5. interest in an affair                     
A 6. interest in an account                  
C

•    Tests
• (5) co-occurrence
•    interest in an affair   vs.  interest in an
  account
•     profit                       profit
  
•     attraction                  attraction
  
•     ladies                      ladies
•     dogs                       
  dogs       

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7. imprisonment for a year                  A
8. imprisonment for theft                    C
   

•  Tests
•    (4) stacking imprisonment for a year in New
  York
•                ?imprisonment for theft for murder
  
•    (5) co-occurrence
•  imprisonment for a year   vs.   imprisonment
  for theft
•     confinement                     
  confinement
•     traveling                        
  traveling
•     construction                     
  construction
•     development                     
  development

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9. a mad dash after the bus            
     C 10. a mad dash after the bus's
arrival       A

• Tests
•  (2) wh-question John made a mad dash after the
  bus.
•                    What did John make a mad dash
  after?
•    (dash after the bus chase after the bus
  follow the bus)
•  
•         John made a mad dash after the bus's
  arrival.
•                                          
      when
•                     When did John make a mad
  dash?