① Contraction with “not”
(3) a. He shouldn’t see her.
b. *He worksn’t with her
→ Main verbs cannot contract with not.
(4) a. He may not come.
b. *He mayn’t come.
c. We shan’t be very long.
d. We won’t be very long.
→ May cannot contract with not.
Shan’t exists only in British English.
② Subject-auxinversion in yes/no questions &
tag questions
Positive yes/no questions(Portuguese and Arabic)
Voce mora perto daqui?
You live near here?
Do you live near here?
Hal juri:du an jaku:na ta:dziran
Does he wants to be a merchant?
Does he want to be a merchant?
→Evidence for the developmental acquisition of English questions
NEGATIVE YES/NO QUESTIONS(Korean, Japanese, and Hausa)
Ne ol swu-eps-ni?
너 올 수 있니?
“Can’
1) 문법적이지만 용인 불가능한 경우(Grammatical but unacceptable)
ㄱ. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
cf) Dark green leaves rustle furiously.
⇒ Chomsky(1957)의 이 유명한 예문은 의미적으로 기이하기는 하지만 통사적으로는 아무런 하자가 없는 문장이다. 이 예문이 기이한 이유는 sleep이라는 동사가 주어에 가하
[영문법] 조동사(modal verb)
[국문] 국어 국문법
