Questão de Língua Inglesa

Syntax is the level of language analysis that is mostly concerned on how words are intelligibly put together according to the rules of a certain language. About the syntax of the English language, read the excerpt bellow: Our discussion of syntax begins with two central ideas. The first is that certain relationships hold between words whereby one word, the head, controls the other words, the modifiers. A given head may have more than one modifier, and may have no modifier. The second idea is that words are grouped into phrases and that groupings typically bring together heads and their modifiers. In the large dog, the word dog is the head, and the and large are its modifiers. In barked loudly, the word barked is the head and loudly the modifier. Source: MILLER, J. An introduction to English Syntax. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001. The fragment above explained the concepts of heads, modifiers and phrases through the description of a phenomenon called modification. Considering the concepts presented, read the statements bellow, decide if they are true (T) or false (F), and choose the correct alternative: I. The phrases “great house”, “big apartment” and “ground rules” are all considered adjective phrases because their heads are adjectives; II. In the sentence “The George broke his arm”, there is an unaccepted modification, because “The” cannot modify “George”, at least in Standard English; III. In the phrases “my book”, “book shelf” and “the book”, the word book is the head in all of them; IV. The phrases “have been”, “did not go” and “will be” are examples of verb phrases; V. In the sentence “Accountant sits at her desk”, there is a modifier missing regarding the use of Standard English. Choose the alternative that correctly presents the true (T) and false (F) statements considering the correct order: