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Syntactic Theory » Exercises » for GB

Syntactic Theory


Exercises for Government and Binding

Like in all other modules of ELLO, the exercises in this section are grouped thematically. Three levels of difficulty marked by different colors:

  • green: easy
  • orange: moderate
  • red: difficult


Exercises on X-bar theory

  • Draw X-bar structures
  • X-bar structures for an ambiguous NP

Exercises on thematic roles

  • Identifying thematic roles
  • Establishing thematic roles
  • Number of thematic roles
  • Assigning thematic roles
  • Theta Issues
  • Theta criterion

Exercises on Wh-movement

  • Wh-movement in the Main Clause
  • Constraints on Wh-movment
  • Wh-movement in the Relative Clause
  • Comprehensive Exercise

< Identify parts of relative clauses | Selected Subfields | Draw X-bar structures >


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