Student resources for Chapter 06: Syntax
Study guide for Chapter 06: Syntax
Terminology
You should be able to simply define or explain the following terms and concepts.
| Constituent | Phrase | Noun Phrase |
| Adpositional Phrase | Verb Phrase | Clause |
| Sentence | Argument | Core/oblique |
| Predicate | Copula | Recursion |
| Intransitive | Transitive | Ditransitive |
| Subject | Object | Indirect object |
| Case role | Agent | Patient |
| Theme | Experiencer | Recipient |
| Beneficiary | Location | Source |
| Goal | Temporal | Instrument |
| Active | Passive | Polar question |
| Construction | Subordination | Coordination |
| Matrix clause | Relative Clause | Complement Clause |
| Adverbial Clause | Head noun |
Skills
On completion of this chapter, you should be able to perform the following tasks:
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Identify the boundaries of syntactic constituents and state the order of elements in a template
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Present evidence in support of arguments that sequences of words do (or do not) constitute phrasal constituents
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Use square brackets and labeled tree diagrams to exhaustively represent the constituent structure of sentences in English
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Provide evidence in support of arguments that justify the categories subject, object, and indirect object in English
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Differentiate between core and oblique arguments
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Identify intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive verbs
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Identify grammatical relations and semantic roles of noun phrases in sentences
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Describe the structures of specific constructions
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Distinguish coordination from subordination
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Distinguish among relative, complement, and adverbial clause types
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Conduct basic syntactic analysis on a data set from another language, determining which word is which, and providing basic information about the lexical classes, constituency, grammatical relations, etc.
