What does knowing a language's grammar not imply?
Being able to explain it.
What is a sentence according to Noam Chomsky?
A grammatical structure that may not be a statement.
Which author introduced the example "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"?
Noam Chomsky.
What characterizes a simple sentence?
It has a single predicative structure.
How does a complex sentence differ from a simple sentence?
It combines multiple clauses.
What does the verbal group consist of?
A main verb accompanied or not by auxiliaries.
What are the two possible forms of a verbal group?
Finite (tensed) or non-finite (non-tensed) form.
How is negation formed with an auxiliary in the verbal group?
By adding "not".
How is interrogation formed with an auxiliary in the verbal group?
By inversion with the subject.
What does "tense" refer to in grammar?
The grammatical time.
What does "time" refer to in grammar?
The physical or chronological time.
Which aspect is associated with the simple present and simple past?
The zero aspect.
How is the imperfective aspect formed in English?
With "BE + V-ING".
What does the imperfective aspect express?
An event in progress by focusing on it.
How is the perfective aspect formed in English?
With "HAVE + V-EN" where "EN" is the past participle.
Which tenses include the perfective aspect?
Present perfect, past perfect, and perfect infinitive.
What distinguishes finite forms from non-finite forms?
Finite forms are tensed, non-finite forms are not tensed.
Which main non-finite forms are studied?
The infinitive, the V-ING form, and the past participle V-EN.
How can the infinitive be constructed?
With TO + base verb or with the base verb alone.
Which modal auxiliaries are studied as present forms?
May, can, must, will, and shall.
Which modal auxiliaries are presented as their past forms?
Might, could, would, and should.
What does the noun phrase study include?
The noun and its determiners.
Which categories of nouns are studied?
Countable, uncountable, category-changing uncountables, and collectives.
Name some quantifier determiners studied.
A lot of, many, much, some, any, (a) few, no.
Which articles are studied in the noun phrase?
The indefinite article A/AN, the definite article THE, and the zero article Ø.
What distinguishes "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" from "*Green furiously ideas colorless sleep"?
The first is grammatical, the second is agrammatical.
Which words are characterized as auxiliaries?
Be, have, do, can, may, must, will, shall, and ought to.
What does the double aspect form "HAVE + BE-EN + V-ING" combine?
Both imperfective and perfective aspects.
What value is associated with the V-ING form in the course?
A dynamic value.
What value is associated with the V-EN form in the course?
An expression of state.
Which demonstrative determiners are studied?
This, that, these, those.
Which possessive determiners are studied?
My, your, his, her, its, our, their.
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