Introduction to Linguistics - Assignment 5

James Madison University

  1. Draw tree diagrams representing the morphological derivation of each of the following words:
    1. senselessness
    2. debriefed
    3. revolving
    4. nonverbally
    5. non-inflammable
  2. Try to paraphrase each of the five phrase structure rules on page 95 of your textbook carefully. What exactly is each rule saying?





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