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Engl 222: Aspects Of Grammatical Analysis Question Paper

Engl 222: Aspects Of Grammatical Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Chuka University question papers

Exam Year:2013

CHUKA

UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)

ENGL 222: ASPECTS OF GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS

STREAMS: BED (ARTS) TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: WEDNESDAY 8/8/2013 11.30 A.M. – 1.30 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer questionone and any other two.

1. Provide appropriate syntactic trees for the following phrases:

(a) The tutor of physics in the apartment in the building across the river. [5 marks]

(b) John tutors physics in the apartment in the building across the river. [5 marks]

(c) Extremely fond of the lady over the years. [5 marks]

(d) Exactly in the drawer in the table on the wall in the building. [5 marks]

(e) That the student praised the pastor. [5 marks]

(f) Very quickly. [3 marks]

(g) Very sad. [2 marks]

2. Analyse the following sentences indicating all instances of phrase to specifier movement, and head to head movement.

(a) Will the student prepare the meal before classes? [5 marks]

(b) What will the student prepare before classes? [5 marks]

(c) When will the student prepare the meals? [5 marks]

(d) The meals, the student will prepare before classes. [5 marks]

3. The subject of the sentence originates in the specifier of VP. With appropriate syntactic trees, discuss any two arguments to support this statement. [20 marks]

4. Provide appropriate syntactic trees for the following complex sentences.

(a) John said Mary believes the lecturer thinks that the students like Facebook.
[10 marks]

(b) John said that the lecturer will revise the assignment yesterday. [10 marks]

5. (a) Show the derivation of the passive sentence: the thief was beaten by the mob
indicating all the changes/movements that have occurred. [10 marks]

(b) Explain, with an appropriate diagram, one syntactic parametric variation between French and English making reference to the lexical category VERB. [10 marks]

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