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Midterm Review
01:615:201 Introduc7on to Linguis7c Theory
Adam Szczegielniak
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What is language
• Competence vs. Performance – Competence what we know – Performance how we use
• Innateness – Universal Grammar is an innate endowment that allows us to acquire language
– Its footprint can be seem in similari7es between human languages
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What grammar is not
• WriNen text • Prescrip7ve rules • Style • Size of vocabulary • On line-‐Processing by humans • Animal communica7on • Machine communica7on
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What grammar is
• Grammar is an algorithm that allows us to: – Produce an infinite set of sentences – Combine morphemes into larger units – Combine sounds into larger units – Compute meaning
• Grammar is what we know when we know a language
• Grammar has to be acquired
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Morphology
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Answer
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Syntax
• Bob will cross the street with flowers – Street has flowers – Man has flowers
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Bob has flowers
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Street has flowers
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Wh ques7ons
• What with flowers will Bob cross
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Wh + Yes/no move
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Meaning
• Entailment or implicature? – John wears yellow socks – John wears socks – John is in a coffin – John is dead
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Seman7c composi7on
• Verb meaning set of elements when composed with verb make the resul7ng expression in a given world true
• Verb approach – X approached Y
• Pair X,Y, where X= Experiencer/Agent, Y = Goal
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Seman7c composi7on
• X, Y for approach – Bill, Chloe – Mary, Sven – Gandalf, Adam
• Gandalf approached Roger • Chloe approached Bill • Mary approached Sven
Rule I
Rule II
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Thema7c Roles (Luca I.©) • Agent: NP that carries out the ac7on
– Marco killed Lester • Theme: NP uderoing the ac7on
– Marco killed Lester • Experiencer: NP that receive sensory or emo7onal input
– He impressed Mary • Instrument: NP instrument used to do the ac7on (usually
preceded by “with”) – The bunny killed my friend with a saw
• Source: NP that describe the origin of the ac7on (usually preceded by “from”) – He knows it from the newspaper
• Goal: NP that defines the goal of an ac7on (usually preceded by “in, into, towards, to”) – He put the ball in the net
• Loca7on: NP that defines the loca7on of an ac7on – He slept in New York
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Iden7fy theta roles
• Roger typed on a laptop that Mary was informed in the bathroom by Jack that Kenny likes to run from Kyle on a scooter
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Theta Roles • Roger typed on a laptop that Mary was informed in the bathroom by Jack that Kenny likes to run from Kyle on a scooter
• Roger Agent • Laptop Instrument • Mary Theme • Bathroom loca7on • Jack Agent • Kenny Experiencer • Kyle Source • Scooter Instrument