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Homework No. 2

Apply ICA to show syntactic ambiguity in the following sentence:

1. Her new husband is a Greek wine merchant.

Her new husband is a Greek wine merchant.

2. The dog bit the woman in the bathroom.

The dog bit the woman in the bathroom.

3. A British Tornado pilot survived a crash.

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A British Tornado pilot survived a crash.

4. Their professional development strategy failed.

Their professional development strategy failed.

5. Henry photographed the woman with a cell phone.

Henry photographed the woman with a cell phone.

Provide ten examples of syntactically ambiguous sentences:

1. Put the vase on the table in the kitchen.
2. Call me a cab.
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3. Say Goodnight, Kevin!

4. Sally ate a salad with cauliflower from California for breakfast on Wednesday.
5. The latest fashion this spring: Navy blazers with white shirts.
6. When Mary and Stephanie arrived at the party, she told her she couldnt stay long.
7. Fish kill up to 5,000 on Tahoe Lake.
8. Jane figured on Tomas out a lot faster than Austin.
9. The boss said on Friday he would give a paycheck.
10. Martin found his ID card near the bank.

Provide five examples of garden-path sentences:

They are easily misunderstood (they lead you down the garden-path) even
though they are all grammatical:
1. he lady told the story cried.
The lady (who was) told the story, cried.
2. Until the police arrest the drug dealers control the street.
Until the police (make the) arrest, the drug dealers control the street.
3. Olivia is expecting tomorrow to be a productive day.
Olivia is expecting (for) tomorrow to be a productive day.
4. That Ben is never here hurts.
(The fact) that Bill is never here hurts (me).
5. Fat people eat accumulates.
(The) fat (that) people eat accumulates (in their bones).