How does modern language define "object"？ Provide an example.

Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand______.
A．how people produce and recognize possible sentences
B．what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of words
C．how words and phrases form. sentences
D．All of the above

What is the aim of IC （immediate constituent) analysis？ Make an IC analysis of the following sentence by means of-either brackets or a tree diagram？ My mother said Mary liked the handbag.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Immediate Constituent Analysis （IC Analysis).

The criterion used in IC analysis is______.
A．ransformation
B．conjoining
C．grouping
D．substitutability

For each of the following pairs of sentences, discuss how the two sentences are different from each other. （1)
A.i His carelessness I cant bear. B. I cant bear his carelessness. （2)
A. A dagger killed the tourist. B. The tourist was killed with a dagger. （3)
A. A hurricane killed eight people. B. Eight people died in a hurricane.