Detailed Lesson Plan in Kernel Sentences

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Examples of kernel sentences. 

Definition:

In transformational grammar, a simple declarative construction with only one verb. A kernel sentence is always active and affirmative.

The concept of the kernel sentence was introduced in 1957 by linguist Z.S. Harris and featured in the early work of linguist Noam Chomsky.

See Examples and Observations, below. Also see:

* Chomskyan Linguistics

* Deep Structure and Surface Structure

* Generative Grammar

* Markedness

* Sentence Combining

* Sentence Structure and Syntax

* Simple Sentence

* Transformation

* What Is Sentence Combining and How Does It Work?

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Examples and Observations:

* "A kernel sentence does not contain any optional expression and is simple in the sense that it is unmarked in mood, therefore, it is indicative. It is also unmarked in voice therefore it is active rather than passive. And, finally, it is unmarked in polarity therefore it is a positive rather than a negative sentence. An example of a kernel sentence is 'The man opened the door,' and an example of a non-kernel sentence is 'The man did not open the door.'"

(Shefali Moitra, "Generative Grammar and Logical Form." Logic Identity and Consistency, ed. by Pranab Kumar Sen. Allied Publishers, 1998)

* "Even a sentence with an adjective, gerund or infinitive is not a kernel sentence.

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