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GDAII 2016-2017

MF
[Received via e-mail / 08-09]

Dear Professor,
we take the liberty to inform you that
now is available the book.

GDA II 09-10 / MF
patterns (constituents / boundaries)

A: Do you know how long cows should be


milked?

GDA II / MF
patterns (constituents / boundaries)

flowers

A: Where did you get those flowers?


B: From your mothers house.
A: What! Are you crazy?
B: Why? It was your idea.
A: But you should have taken her flowers.
B: Thats what I did!
patterns (constituents / boundaries)

You should have taken [her] [flowers]


You should have taken [her flowers]
patterns (available slots)

are these grammatical?

a) She carried carefully the picture


b) She looked carefully at the picture

GDA II / MF
patterns (available slots)

(you) Do not park here the motorbikes


(S) V place O
To sum up,

a) word order *Now is available the book


b) Boundaries [her] [flowers] [her flowers]
c) available slots *Dont park here the bike

Sentence patterns

GDA II 09-10 / MF
syntax and semantics

1. He kissed me
2. *He kissed
3. He gave me a kiss
(I showered / I had a shower)

GDA II / MF
alternations

1. He gave a kiss to me
2. He gave me a kiss

GDA II / MF
dative alternation

are these grammatical?

a) He brought the kids soft drinks

b) He brought alcoholics drinks

GDA II / MF
dative alternation

is this grammatical?

Would you explain me the plot again?

GDA II / MF
passive alternation

what about these?

a) Nobody has lived in this house


b) This house has never been lived in

GDA II / MF
passive alternation

c) The rabbit cooked beautifully


d) Colloquial language translates badly

(middle construction)

GDA II / MF
Sentence accent

is prosody relevant?

I only kissed your boyfriend last night

GDA II / MF
clause vs. sentence

1. That she likes


2. That she likes biting dogs
3. That she likes biting dogs is weird
4. It is weird that she likes biting dogs

GDA II / MF
It is weird that she likes biting dogs
[That she likes biting dogs] is weird

GDA II / MF
is this correct?

It is weird his attitude

GDA II 09-10 / MF
GDA II 09-10 / MF
The grammatical arrangements (patterns)
have to do with the specific verb found in
each sentence.

verb complementation

GDA II / MF
1. Kissed me
2. Kissed he me
3. Kissed me he
4. Me kissed he
5. He kissed me
6. He me kissed

MF
1. John loves Lucy
2. Lucy loves John

GDA II 09-10 / MF

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