ITL Tutorial 13 (WS24/25)

An I-head usually subcategorizes for a...

• VP

• DP

• CP

• NP

Tick all answers that the verb "sleep" can subcategorize for.

• DP

• ∅

• PP

• IP

Obligatory constituents of a sentence are called...

• adjuncts.

• additives.

• adverbials.

• arguments.

How many adjuncts are in the sentence "They probably fell asleep on the table after their heavy drinking last night" ?

And how many right-adjuncts are in this sentence? "Silas often keeps to himself during the mornings in the classroom."

The P&P-Model explains crosslinguistic variation through an innate set of ___ that are flipped like switches to make the principles Universal Grammar compatible with certain language-specific details.

Which of these phrases aren't always head-initial?

• IP

• CP

• VP

• DP

Which of these languages allow for verb raising?

• German

• English

• French

• Italian

Select all wrong statements about movement.

• Constituents can only move downwards in a tree.

• The target position must c-command the base position.

• Moving heads usually land in a specifier position.

• A constituent can only be moved to an empty position.

There are three wrong parameter settings in this table. Circle them!