2020/20211LG111–WordsandSentencesAnswerallthreeofthequestionsbelow.For
Questions1and2,youranswershouldbenomorethan300wordsinlengthforeachquestion.
ForQuestion3,youranswershouldbenomorethan1000wordsinlength.Theusualdepartmentalguidelinesregardingthesubmissionofcourseworkanddeadlinesapply
.Up to 10marks can be awardedforoverallclarityandqualityoftheanswers.Youwillreceivefeedbackagainstthecriteriaofknowledge,criticalthinkingandanalysis,andorganisation.Question1(300words;20marks)EachofthefollowingisungrammaticalinEnglish.Foreachsentence,brieflysaywhyitisungrammatical(e.g.itmaybebecauseofwordorder,thevalencyoftheverbetc.).Theremaybemorethanonereason.Usetheconceptsandterminologythatwehaveusedinthemodule
.(a)*SleepSam
.(b)*Samisteacher.
C*Trevorlikes.
(d)*IsfondofcatsClayton.
(e)*Yusufconvinced.
(f)*Enaswaterdrinks.
(g)*EnastoldIthatshewouldbethere.
(h)*BoughtIthispresentfor
.(i)*Yusufandarrived.(j)*Clayton gave the book Sam table.
Question2(300words;20marks)Whatarethreekeytypologicalpropertiesofpassives?
Make reference to the examples below and one other language of your choice to support your answer
.(i)Taro-gaHanako-onagut-ta[Japanese]Tago-NOMHanako-ACChit-PAST‘Taro hit Hanako’(ii)Hanako-ga (Taro-ni) nagu-rare-ta [Japanese]Hanako-NOMTaro-DAThit-PASS-PAST‘Hanako was hit (by Taro)’
Question 3 (1000 words; 50 marks)Cross-linguistically, there are three primaryways in which languages indicate the relation between the verb and its core arguments. Describe these strategies, supporting your answer with appropriate examples.