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1.
garden path sentences
Used in psycholinguistics to show we process words one at a time.
2.
constituent
Group of words that function as a unit.

- Substitution.
- Movement (to another part of sentence).
- Question - replace w/ question word.
3.
complex nominal
Sequence of 1+ nouns/adjectives. Can be ambiguous.

olive oil, ivy league school
4.
Syntax: multiple meanings?
Dominant word on the right in English.

Dung beetle. (A kind of beetle.)
Beetle dung. (A king of dung.)
5.
passive voice
Subject of a verb becomes the "object" in a passive sentence.
6.
recursive compositionality
Create big ideas out of smaller ones (compositionality).
Multiple groupings form hierarchy of meaning (recursion).

Developed by Frege and Russell.

1.	garden path sentences	Used in psycholinguistics to show we process words one at a time.
2.	constituent	Group of words that function as a unit. - Substitution. - Movement (to another part of sentence). - Question - replace w/ question word.
3.	complex nominal	Sequence of 1+ nouns/adjectives. Can be ambiguous. olive oil, ivy league school
4.	Syntax: multiple meanings?	Dominant word on the right in English. Dung beetle. (A kind of beetle.) Beetle dung. (A king of dung.)
5.	passive voice	Subject of a verb becomes the "object" in a passive sentence.
6.	recursive compositionality	Create big ideas out of smaller ones (compositionality). Multiple groupings form hierarchy of meaning (recursion). Developed by Frege and Russell.