What does the key do to the door which leads to the room? Opens it. Is this valid? It does sound intuitively right to me, at least if by "opens" it is meant "opens right now; in the process of opening". It can also be "able to open". Just like "John eats meat" could mean that he eats it right now, or that the meat is included in John's diet. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this super helpful lesson! Can you please help me apply pseudo clefting on this sentence: The student said he would pass the exam on Monday. Apparently, this sentence has 2 interpretations.. and we should be able to do 2 pseudo clefting tests to show the two interpretations have a different constituent structure.. I did the first one but I can’t do the second one: what the student said he would pass was the exam on Monday. Can you please help with the second interpretation!
Hello! It’s been a year since you posted this so i am sure you found your answer but regardless - the second interpretation would be that the student said that someone else (a male) would pass the exam on Monday. As in, the student is using the pronoun he to refer to someone else. If in conversation someone asked, “who do you think will pass the exam?” And I, (a student) replied “he will pass the exam on Monday” then you could say - The student said he would pass there exam on Monday. Or if the other interpretation is unclear, it would be the student is saying he as himself will pass on Monday!
It's now been 3 years but my interpretations would have been that 1. The exam is on Monday and the student meant that he will pass this very exam (which takes place on Monday) or 2. that he said that on Monday
Hi! i have a question and i hope it won't sound stupid because I'm still learning: so, in the case of "The key opens the door to the room", if I can replace "opens the door to the room" with any verb, for example "The key breaks/closes/makes", it means that breaks/closes/makes are verb phrases? but doesn't "The key makes" sound weird if there's no logic ending? therefore, any verb that I use can be considered a constituent? if my question does sound stupid, I'm sorry, I just got a bit confused towards the end of the video 😪
It's called IC analysis, or Immediate Constituent analysis. This is done in Syntax so you can break a sentence into its immediate constituents and analyse it.
Why is [theories of matter] NOT a constituent in the following sentence? "The new [theories of matter] are more complicated than the old ones". Thanks.
are "opens the door" and "opens the door to" also constituents? q&a test "what does the key do?" "opens the door" and substitution test "the key unlocks the room"
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"The boys play at school" "They die"
Well, that escalated quickly😂
made me laugh and im trying to do my grammar homework 😂😂😂🤧
Thank you! Linguistics finals tomorrow...
How'd it go?
like the speed you talk. i don't often speak english and i can understand what you were saying. thank you for your work.
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“Potatoes in the kitchen, John ate.” Master Yoda says.
Thank you 🌼 Quick note: I have a hard time hearing the audio.
Same here, I used an audio booster
What does the key do to the door which leads to the room? Opens it.
Is this valid? It does sound intuitively right to me, at least if by "opens" it is meant "opens right now; in the process of opening". It can also be "able to open". Just like "John eats meat" could mean that he eats it right now, or that the meat is included in John's diet.
Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this super helpful lesson! Can you please help me apply pseudo clefting on this sentence:
The student said he would pass the exam on Monday.
Apparently, this sentence has 2 interpretations.. and we should be able to do 2 pseudo clefting tests to show the two interpretations have a different constituent structure..
I did the first one but I can’t do the second one: what the student said he would pass was the exam on Monday. Can you please help with the second interpretation!
Hello! It’s been a year since you posted this so i am sure you found your answer but regardless - the second interpretation would be that the student said that someone else (a male) would pass the exam on Monday. As in, the student is using the pronoun he to refer to someone else. If in conversation someone asked, “who do you think will pass the exam?” And I, (a student) replied “he will pass the exam on Monday” then you could say - The student said he would pass there exam on Monday. Or if the other interpretation is unclear, it would be the student is saying he as himself will pass on Monday!
It's now been 3 years but my interpretations would have been that 1. The exam is on Monday and the student meant that he will pass this very exam (which takes place on Monday) or 2. that he said that on Monday
Loved your explanation but I didn’t understand how “die” could be a VP??
Well done teacher
Thanks a lot
The key opens the door to the room.
Is “the” a constituent if it can be substituted with “this” or “that”?
Marat Loikov definitely yes
'The key' would be the constituent as it makes up the entire NP, e.g. This (the key) opens the door to the room.
@@tyabmohammad6485 so is it or not? (because it seems like you and abner yang gave different answers.
@@李子西-p9k 'The key' would be the constituent - as it can be replaced by a determiner e.g that or this comprising of the entire NP
@@tyabmohammad6485 i get it. thank you for your answer.
What is coordination test please?
Hi!
i have a question and i hope it won't sound stupid because I'm still learning:
so, in the case of "The key opens the door to the room", if I can replace "opens the door to the room" with any verb, for example "The key breaks/closes/makes", it means that breaks/closes/makes are verb phrases? but doesn't "The key makes" sound weird if there's no logic ending? therefore, any verb that I use can be considered a constituent?
if my question does sound stupid, I'm sorry, I just got a bit confused towards the end of the video 😪
@TheTrevTutor I'm a bit concerned by how many of your examples (in other videos too) have to do with death...
thank you💗
thank you so much!
Can i ask about two word verb like how will you check its constituency like
He below out the candle or he turned off the lights???
Please tell the answer if you know . Thank you ❤️
Does this test apply to ambiguous sentences?
Good evening kind sir,
What is the purpose of this 'constituency test'?
Thank you,
Grayson.
It's called IC analysis, or Immediate Constituent analysis. This is done in Syntax so you can break a sentence into its immediate constituents and analyse it.
for a phrase to be constituent does tit supposed to pass all these tests?
I went to the cinema last week. Is last a det? Is last week a pp or a np? And can a PP have a N, since "in the kitchen" is a PP?
He made me a coffee . Is a coffee? Constituent
Yes Noun
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At 2:36 couldn't "Eat at school" be a valid phrase? Like an imperative, for example the teacher telling it to pupils.
but that changes the meaning of the sentence.
It is a valid phrase but it's not correct in such situation. when you're doing this you need to make sure the meaning of the sentence is not changed.
Please answer my question. I'm in desperate need of help. Thanks a jillion.
Why is [theories of matter] NOT a constituent in the following sentence?
"The new [theories of matter] are more complicated than the old ones".
Thanks.
It is a constituent by the replacement. The new [ones] are more complicated than the old ones.
are "opens the door" and "opens the door to" also constituents? q&a test "what does the key do?" "opens the door" and substitution test "the key unlocks the room"
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Well done teacher
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