Syntax Chapter 3

3. A system that explains how speakers store infinite knowledge in a finite space (the brain).
7. The word order, categories, and hierarchical organization of a sentence.
9. Our mental dictionary, where the syntactic category of each word is listed.
10. Speakers can produce and understand an infinite number of these.
11. A family of expressions that can substitute for one another without loss of grammaticality.
13. A category that includes articles like a and the (e.g., articles and demonstratives).
15. A phrasal category that must occur next to a head, elaborating on its meaning.
18. The part of grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of sentences and their structures.
20. Occurs when the rules of syntax allow two or more groupings.

1. A construction that a speaker can add to continue creating sentences (e.g., a relative one).
2. A lexical category that typically refers to qualities or properties (e.g., lucky, old).
4. The points in tree diagrams under which words are grouped.
5. Structure dependency is one of these, found in all languages.
6. The ability to make judgments about sentences, even if never heard before.
8. Natural groupings or parts of a sentence revealed by tests like 'stand alone.'
12. A lexical category that typically refers to actions, events, and states (e.g., kick, love).
14. The process that occurs when speakers can “grow” structures of limitless size by repeating categories.
16. The entire expression found a puppy belongs to the verb phrase one.
17. Hierarchical figures, also called tree diagrams, that illustrate sentence structure.
19. In found the puppy in the park, in the park is an example of this constituent type.