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| the number of sentences of a language |
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| the ability/inclination to make more and more sentences |
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| a representation of syntactic structure of a sentence |
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the grouping of words into meaning and functional phrases
ex. S, NP, VP, PP |
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| members of larger phrases |
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| the relationship between the noun phrases to the verb and other words/word groups in the sentences |
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concern magic types of phrases recognized by the grammar
ex. subject, predicate |
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| the noun phrase (NP) immediately under S |
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| verb phrase (VP) immediately under S |
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| the noun phrase (NP) immediately under VP |
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| noun phrase (NP) immediately under PP |
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| beavers, stream, lake, etc. |
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the word necessary for the phrase
gives the phrase it's name
ex. the noun (N) of a noun phrase (NP) |
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the other words in a phrase
ex. the determiner of a noun phrase |
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| temporal or linear sequence of words of the sentence |
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a loop in a phrase
ex. a sentence with in a sentence
ex. a noun phrase within a noun phrase |
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a form of recursion according to which groups like sentences (NP), (VP), and (PP) can be expanded as a pair
ex. and, or |
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a group may ordinarily be replaced by a single word
ex. I said I liked it. --> I said nothing |
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| of phrases, phrases may appear in different places in different versions of the sentence |
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when a word, phrase or sentence has two distinct meanings.
ex. wind as in wind in the willows or wind as in wind my cord around the headphones |
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when the same string of words may have two meanings based on different possible groupings of the words
ex. nutritious food and drink - which is nutritious |
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| an ambiguity is based on an ambiguity of a function |
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