Ling 461: Assignment 5

• Chapter 4, exercise I: Discuss how the differences between complements and adjuncts discussed in the chapter can be used to account for the grammaticality contrasts given in (3)-(7), based on the assumption that of the riots is a complement of discussion, while in the bar is an adjunct. Your answer should make reference to the structural differences between complements and adjuncts in the model.
• Chapter 4, exercise IV:
  • Draw trees for (1a) and (1b) showing the structural difference that follows if we call the bracketed S in (1a) a complement and the one in (1b) a modifier. Use a triangle to abbreviate the internal structure of the S, but otherwise be explicit.
  • Present three pieces of evidence which support that structural distinction. Each piece of evidence should consist of a contrast between two sentences, one modeled on (1a) and one modeled on (1b).
  • Discuss why the examples in (3) would appear to argue against the structural difference motivated so far in this problem.
  • Discuss how the definition in (4) can be used to make the data in (3) consistent with the analysis (and therefore the rest of your evidence).
• Chapter 4, exercise V.