MID TEST

Câu 1:
Explain the word formation process of blending. Give two examples.

Câu 2:
Look at the set of phrase structure rules below and answer the question that follows.
AP → (x) A’
A’ → A’ BP
A’ → A
BP → B CP
CP → C

Is it possible to generate the following strings based on the rules given?

a) xABC b) ABC c) xBC
d) A e) xABCBC f) xABCBCBC

Câu 3:
What are the differences between base, root and stem? Give one example of each.

Câu 4:
Analyze the following sentences in the form of morphemes.

The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English. India has
had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its
distinctive words, idioms, grammar and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits
and culture.

Câu 5:
Define the underlined words using syntactic category rules.

a) We pushed the car into the street.

b) The room was empty.
c) Can you explain the point of this exercise?

Câu 6:
How do constituents work in a sentence? Give two examples.

Câu 7:
In what situation is a sentence called an ambiguous structure? Give one example.

Câu 8:

In what ways is this expression structurally ambiguous?

Smoking grass can be dangerous.
Use rules which were mentioned above to test its structure.