Question 1. [3 points]
Below is a series of invented titles of papers on some linguistic subject.
What subfield of linguistics is each paper about?
(Hint: there's one each of syntax, morphology, phonology, phonetics, semantics,
and pragmatics.)
Don't worry about whether you would understand the paper, just think
about what subfield is (most) concerned with the terms and concepts that are mentioned in the title.
The Miller reading (posted on LATTE) is helpful here
a) The compositional meanings of Dutch prepositional phrases.
b) On word order and problems of constituency in VSO languages.
c) An examination of consonant cluster variation in Choctaw - the sound patterning of a little-described language.
d) On the relative merits of articulation-based and perception-based descriptions of voicing and aspiration of consonants.
e) Derivational versus inflectional suffixes in the formation of Ancient Greek tense stems.
f) Contextual factors influencing the interpretation of definite NP - meaning in conversation.
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