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Can one sentences have two or multiple possible phrase structure grammar? And what does it is called?

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Chomsky's Syntactic Structures: Why is {a^n b^n : n ∈ ℕ} not a finite state language?

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What makes East-Asian languages sound different than European languages?

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Phrase structure tree of a Wh question

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Is this phrase or clause a clause?

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What is the syntax of this clause “the one who spoke”

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For English, is there a finite set of patterns for constructing sentences?

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Syntax as error-correction-code

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Drawing tree diagrams of ambiguous sentences generated by a CFG

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Which languages allow right-branching nominal pre-modifiers?

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Are Spanish “que” clauses following “parece” complements or postponed subjects?

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Are there tests for conditionality?

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What is the syntactic function (if there is any) of the prefix in some German verbs?

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