Linguistics 55							Spring 2009

Exercise 17
Due Friday, May 29

WARMUP EXERCISES FOR THE FINAL EXAM

1.  Review your notes for the whole quarter, consult with your
classmates, and

    (a)  Make a list of the most important concepts introduced in
	 this course.  A small sample of items that should be in this
	 list:

	 phrase
	 modifier
	 argument
	 subject
	 determiner
	 monkey

	 Your list should be 20-30 items long.
	 If it is shorter, make sure you have picked out the MOST important
	 concepts.

    (b)  Make sure you understand each of these concepts.  To show that
	 you do, provide a definition, or some examples, of each one.
	 Discussion is always good.
	 Finally, give a sample sentence using each term correctly.  For
	 example:

	 "In English, in an NP that has a singular count noun as its
	 head, the determiner phrase is obligatory."

	 (This sentence could be used to exhibit the correct use of
	 the terms 'English', 'NP', 'singular', 'count', 'noun', 'head',
	 'determiner', 'phrase', and possibly even 'obligatory'.)

2.  If you could ask just one question right now, what would it be?

This warmup exercise should be written up and handed in on Friday, May 29.