Chapter4Exercis含答案
Chapter 4 From Word to Text
I. Decide whether each of the following statements is true or fal:
1. Grammatical ntences are formed following a t of syntactic rules.
2. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there
is no limit to the number of ntences native speakers of
that language are able to produce and comprehend.
3. An endocentric construction is also known as headed construction
becau 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
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commonly recognized and discusd, namely, noun phra,
verb phra, infinitive phra, and auxiliary phra.
好吃英语6. Number and gender are categories of noun and pronoun.
7. Word order plays an important role in the organization of
English ntences.
8. Like English, modern Chine is a SVO language.
9. In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the direct object usually follows the verb.
10. A noun phra must contain a noun, but other elements are optional.
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II.Fill in each of the following blanks with one word which begins with the letter given:
1 A s________ is a structurally in dependent unit that usually
compris a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command
2. A clau that takes a subject and a finite verb, and at the same
time structurally alone is known as an f__________ clau 3. The part of a ntence which compris a finite verb or a verb
phra and which says something about the subject is
grammatically called p_________.
4. A c_________ ntence contains two, or more, claus, one
of which is incorporated into the other.
5. In the complex ntence, the incorporated or subordinate clau
is normally called an e_______ clau.
6. Major lexical categories are o___ categories in the n that
new words are constantly added.
发帖论坛7. G_________ relations refer to the structural and logical
functional relations between every noun phra and ntence
8. A a__________ ntence consists of a single clau which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own ntence.
9. A s__________ is a structurally independent unit that usually compris a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command.
10. A s__________ may be a noun or a noun phra in a ntence that usually precedes the predicate.
Answers:
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1. ntence
2. finite
3. predicate
4. complex
5. embedded
6. open
7. grammatical
8. simple
9. ntence 10. subject
III. There are four given choices for each statement below. Mark
the choice that can best complete the statement:
1 The head of the phra “the city Rome”is__________
A the city
B Rome
C city
D the city and Rome
2. A __________ in the embedded clau refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clau.
A. coordinator
B. particle
C. Preposition
D. subordinator
3 Phra structure rules have ____ properties.
A. recursive
B. grammatical
C. social
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D. functional
4. Phra structure rules allow us to better understand _____________.
A. how words and phras form ntences.
B. what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of words
C. how people produce and recognize possible ntences
D. All of the above.
一本二本三本5 The phra “on the half” belongs to ________construction
A endocentric
B exocentric
C subordinate
D coordinate
6 . The theory of ca condition accounts for the fact that __________.
A. noun phras appear only in subject and object positions.
B. noun phras can be ud to modify another noun phra
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D. noun phra can be moved to any place if necessary.
7 The ntence structure is ________.
A. only linear
B. Only hierarchical
C. compel
D. both linear and hierarchical
8. The syntactic rules of any language are ____ in number.
A. large
B. small
C. finite
D. infinite
9. The ________ rules are the rules that group words and phras to
form grammatical ntences.
A. lexical
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C. linguistic
D. combinational
10 The ntence “They were wanted to remain quiet and not to
