W3_Structure:Reading

What does the term "merging operation" refer to?

• It's the process of combining words (categories) together to create phrases.

• It's the process involving the movement of words from their original position in phrases.

This diagram is called _________________.

• Bracketing diagram

• Tree diagram

What is the head of the phrase in this diagram?

• V= help

• D= you

What is the complement in the phrase presented in this diagram?

• V= help

• D = you

"To help you" is a phrase of the category __________

• VP = Verb phrase
• IP = Inflection (infinitive) phrase

What category is the phrase "are trying to help you"?

• VP = Verb phrase
• IP = Inflection phrase
• I' = I-bar / Intermediate inflection phrase

What type of phrase is the one featured in this diagram?

• DP= Determiner phrase

• IP= Inflection phrase

• VP= Verb phrase

In this diagram, what is the complement of the head I= "are"?

• V= trying

• VP= trying to help you

• D = we

In this diagram, how is D= "we" related to the head I= "are"?

• D= we is the complement of the head I= are

• D= we is the specifier of the head I=are

What is the complement of the head C= "that" in this diagram?

• D= we

• IP= we are trying to help you