English 310 F11
ENGL 310 F11 Class 3-3Mon. 9/23/11Textbook: complicated! “Trust in me…”Structure reminder: chunkingSubstitution and move tests = chunks: NP, VP, PP, etc. – just a few (explain determiners) Helping verbs: We will eat the pizzaBFLG #1: Infinite utterances, finite kinds of utterances So few kinds, fit on 3×5 card Look at handout list, what parens mean, types of phrasesPractice: basic NP VP, then with PP (pizza) We ate the pizza, with anchovies Compound N: Illudium belowConjunc’s: NP, S Verb counting rule of thumb Subord conj’s: We will eat the pizza when you arriveSo much for textbook sentences: real sentences more complicated…“that” phrases: I know that you ate my pizza“that” phrases w/o “that”Deletions (commands)Big sentenceMore complicated… Complement options -ing phrases, etc.Next time: practice treesReading: Phrase Structure Rules Handout + Chapter 5, 194-196Exercises (to review in class): Handout of Sentences to “Tree” (#1); pg. 200, #5
SyntaxHandouts:Syntax Practice Sentences #1 (for next time)Phrase Structure Rules (from last time: sorry!)HW KeySyntax (rules for combining words into sentences) We’ve gone from sounds to words, and now to sentences And what’s it all about, once again? Hierarchical structure[Hierarchical structure Listen and repeat: 1-8-1-2-1-9-8-4-2-0-0-1-1-7-7-6 Easy, right? (ha, ha) Try this: 1812-1984-2001-1776 (Mentioned in Social Psych: human thinking: we categorize) Further: we put things into hierarchical structures Phonetically: sound stream > segments > features (voiced stop, etc.) Today: put syllables into the pattern Sound stream > syllables > segments > features I’ll leave you to think about wider implications of hierarchical structure Bodies > organs > cells > molecules > atoms > subatomic particles (> basic physical forces and fields) How deep does it go? Is it just a characteristic of human thought? Or does it really exist in the universe (or both)?]