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LINGUISTICS - PRACTICE October 2016

READ YOUR NOTES AND ANSWER.

1. Why do we use substitution and ellipsis?

2. What is recoverability? How many types of recoverability are there? Give YOUR OWN
EXAMPLES.
3. What is the relationship between a pro-form and its antecedent?
4. How many types of coordination are there? Give YOUR OWN EXAMPLES.
5. What is the difference between coordination and substitution?
6. What are the signals of subordination?

GIVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES OF:

a. Ellipsis in replies.
b. Ellipsis in coordinated structures
c. Ellipsis at the beginning of a sentence
d. Ellipsis at the end of a noun phrase
e. Ellipsis at the end of a verb phrase
f. Ellipsis in infinitives.
g. Ellipsis in comparatives structures
h. Ellipsis of prepositions
i. Ellipsis pronouns after prepositions
j. Ellipsis of reduce relative clauses
k. Coordinated clauses
l. Coordinated verbs
m. Coordinated noun phrases
n. Coordinated adjectives.
o. Coordinated prepositional groups
p. Coordinated adverbs
q. Subject + object
r. Subject + adverbs
s. Subject +complement
t. Asyndetic coordination

Explain the difference in meaning in the following pair of sentences

A. You asked me to stay, and so I did

B. You asked me to stay, and so did I

A. She has chosen a novel and so I have.

B. She has chosen a novel and so have I.
WHICH OF THESE RESPONSES ARE CORRECT? EXPLAIN WHY.

a) A: John feels much better. 1) B: i know he does.

2) B: yes, and so do I.
3) B: yes, so he does.
4) B: I know he does so.
5) B: yes, he does that.
6) B: yes, he does it.
USE PROFORMS TO GIVE AN ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE STRUCTURES IN BRACKETS

A: Please behave properly during the reception.

B: …………………………………………………………………. (adverb pro-form)

A: I have never seen him.

B: …………………………………………………………………. (question)

A:I’ll have a piece of a cake.

B: …………………………………………………………………… (positive-noun proform)

A: Isn’t he too fat?

B: …………………………………………………………………… (complement pro-form)

USE PRO FORMS

a) A predicate: ………………………………………….
b) A predication: ……………………………….
c) A noun or noun phrase: ……………………………..
d) An adverb: …………………………….

FILL THE GAPS WITH A SUITABLE COORDINATOR. STATE THE KIND OF COORDINATION AND
COORDINATOR CLASS.
a) We didn’t eat ………….drink.
b) Be honest, ………. and you’ll be loved and respected.
c) They were worried, …………. He was relaxed.
d) Two students were caught cheating …….. four talking.
e) We bought a beautiful ……. dirty flat.

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