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Syntactic AmbiguitySyntactic Ambiguity

Yoko Ono will talk about her husband John Yoko Ono will talk about her husband John Lennon who was killed in an interview with Lennon who was killed in an interview with Barbara Walters.Barbara Walters.

Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors.Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors. Clinton wins on budget, more lies aheadClinton wins on budget, more lies ahead Complaints about NBA referees growing uglyComplaints about NBA referees growing ugly We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass

container.container. For Sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please For Sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please

a cook with round bottom for efficient a cook with round bottom for efficient beating.beating.

Syntactic ConceptsSyntactic Concepts

Grammatical does not depend on truth or Grammatical does not depend on truth or meaningmeaning

Grammatical relations between parts of Grammatical relations between parts of sentencesentence transitive vs. intransitive verbstransitive vs. intransitive verbs verbs that take a gerund vs. infinitiveverbs that take a gerund vs. infinitive

AmbiguityAmbiguity Syntactic categories – p. 125Syntactic categories – p. 125 ConstituentsConstituents TreesTrees Phrase structure rulesPhrase structure rules