(完整版)语言学Chapter4Exercises含答案.docx

Chapter 4From Word to TextI.Decidewhethereach ofthefollowingstatementsis trueorfalse:1.Grammatical sentences are formed following a set of syntacticrules.2. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but thereis no limitto the number ofsentencesnative speakers ofthat language are able to produce and comprehend.3. An endocentric construction is also known as headed constructionbecause it has just one head4.Constituents that can be substituted for one another without lossof grammaticality belong to the same syntactic category.5.InEnglishsyntacticanalysis,fourphrasalcategoriesarecommonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase,verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase.6.Number and gender are categories of noun and pronoun.7.Wordorder Chapter 4 From Word to Text I. Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false: 1. Grammatical sentences are formed following a set of syntactic rules. 2. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to the number of sentencesnative speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend. 3. An endocentric construction is also known as headed construction because it has just one head 4. Constituents that can be substituted for one another without loss of grammaticality belong to the same syntactic category. 5. In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase. 6. Number and gender are categories of noun and pronoun. 7. Word order plays an important role in the organization of English sentences. 8.Like English, modern Chinese is a SVO language.9.In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the directobject usually follows the verb.10.A noun phrase must containa noun, butother elements areoptional.(1-5 TTFTF6-10 TTTTT)II.Fillineach of the followingblankswithone wordwhichbegins with the letter given:1A s is a structurally in dep