Linguistics

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With reference to your class notes or the D2L notes (‘Children’s knowledge of structure’), compose in your own words, a discussion of what is involved in the formation of Yes-No questions by children:

 

Forming yes-no questions involves knowledge of NP structure. Show how this is the case, i.e., as follows:

  • Consider simple sentence-pairs, such as The man can singCan the man sing? and lay out two hypotheses that might account for such pairs, one involving NP, the other not. State which hypothesis a neutral scientist would prefer and why.
  • Consider more complex sentences, such as The man who can play piano can sing. Show what yes-no question will occur if we apply the hypothesis without an NP. Then show what yes-no question will occur if we apply the hypothesis with an NP.
  • Describe briefly an experiment with children. Conclude that children must have knowledge of structure (NP). Include a tree diagram of the example sentence: The man who can play piano can sing.

 

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