| Title | |
| Define the terms 'constituency' and 'dependency', discussing the strengths and weaknesses of both methods of syntactic analysis. Use these (Herodotean) sentences to illustrate your answer (download here). | |
| Reading | |
| P. H. Matthews | Syntax (1981) esp. chs. 4-6 |
| A. Radford | Minimalist Syntax (2004) |
| G. C. Horrocks | Generative Grammar (1997) |
| N. Burton-Roberts | Analysing Sentences (1986) |
| Think in particular about the application of these models to Greek rather than English. As they are defined in the reading in terms of English syntax there will be certain differences you will have to come up with your own definitions for, which you can discuss your reasoning for. Diagrams will be helpful: you may want to use tree drawing software from phpsyntaxtree. | |
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