King Abdulaziz UniversityDepartment of European Languages & Literature

SyntaxSyntax (LANE-334)(LANE-334)

Chapter 4Processes

Dr. Abdulrahman AlqurashiDr. Abdulrahman Alqurashi

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IntroductionIntroduction

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IntroductionIntroduction

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IntroductionIntroduction

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Introduction Introduction

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Leftward movement : Questions formation:Leftward movement : Questions formation:

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Questions formationQuestions formation

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NP VP PRN T V NP NP I shall show PRN Det N you my drawings

Questions formationQuestions formation

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Questions formationQuestions formation

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Questions formationQuestions formation

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NP VP PRN T V NP NP I shall show PRN Det N you my drawings

Questions formationQuestions formation

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CP C S NP VP PRN V NP NP PRN Det N Shall I show you my drawings?

Questions formation:Questions formation:

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Questions formation:Questions formation:

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Questions formation:Questions formation:

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Questions formationQuestions formation

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NP VP PRN T V NP AdvP you do read what everyday

Questions formationQuestions formation

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WhWh-questions formation-questions formation

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WhWh-questions formation-questions formation

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Prepositional phrases in Prepositional phrases in whwh-questions -questions

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Prepositional phrases in Prepositional phrases in whwh-questions -questions

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WhWh-movement in Subjects -movement in Subjects

Indirect yes/no questionsIndirect yes/no questions

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(Declarative clause)

(Interrogative clause)

(interrogative clause)

(Direct yes/no question )

Indirect yes/no questionsIndirect yes/no questions Indirect yes/no questions are not subject to Subject-

auxiliary inversion.

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Indirect Indirect whwh-questions-questions

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Long Long whwh-movement-movement

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Long Long whwh-movement-movement

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Relative clausesRelative clauses

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Restrictive relative clausesRestrictive relative clauses

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Restrictive relative clausesRestrictive relative clauses

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Restrictive relative clausesRestrictive relative clauses

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Restrictive relative clausesRestrictive relative clauses

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Restrictive relative clausesRestrictive relative clauses

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Non-restrictive relative clausesNon-restrictive relative clauses

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Non-restrictive relative clausesNon-restrictive relative clauses

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Free relative clausesFree relative clauses

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Adverbial relative clausesAdverbial relative clauses

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Reduced relative clausesReduced relative clauses

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thatthat in relative clauses in relative clauses

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WhWh-movement in Subjects -movement in Subjects

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Appositive clausesAppositive clauses

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Appositive clausesAppositive clauses

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