535 Assignment 13

Harley & Noyer

Due: Thurs, March 4

1. H&N refer to the old idea that some ill-formed strings are just pragmatically ill-formed, while others are structurally bad. What term do they use to refer to the requirements on vocab items which they propose determine whether a sentence is structurally bad?

2. What is the main difference between f-morphemes and l-morphemes, in terms of how they are inserted in the derivation?

3. There is a significant structural difference between one of the three v heads and the other two. What is it?

4. On the H&N account, what is it about a root like √arrive that ensures it cannot be used as a noun? (I saw the *arrive/arrival)

5. Give an example of one of the verbs used by H&N to show that a purely licensing-based account of the causative-inchoative alternating verbs like grow doesn’t work. What prediction made by the purely licensing-based account is falsified by the verb you chose?