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I. In syntax, what do these abbreviations mean and are these lexical or non-lexical categories?

	Meaning	Lexical	Non-lexical (Nonlexical)
N	noun	x
Deg
Con
Adv
P
Adj
Aux
Det
V

II. Fill in the blanks with the best answer.

1. ___________________ is (a) the analysis of sentence structure, (b) the study of how we combine words into sentences, and (c) the rules and categories that create sentences in human language.

2. A phrase must have a ___________________; it's obligatory (necessary). It may have a ___________________, and it may have a ___________________.

4. Determiners, adverbs and degree words are all ___________________. They make the meaning of the head more precise and clearer. They mark phrasal boundaries.

III. What do the following words mean. If you don't know, look them up in a dictionary.

IV. What kinds of phrases are these?