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This schema licenses the following structure:
X -> X + COMPS
Examples:
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This schema licenses the following structure:<br> | This schema licenses the following structure:<br> | ||
X -> X + COMPS<br> | X -> X + COMPS<br> | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 29 June 2019
Types of Phrases
Head-Complement Phrases
A head-complement phrase can be formed by combining a word [= the head daughter] with 1 or 2 signs [= the non-head daughter(s)] whose syntactic categories can be unified with the syntactic categories on the word’s comps list.
Schema 1: The head licenses a single complement
X -> X + COMPS
Examples:
- [PP [H of][C Lilly]]
- [AP [H fond][C of Lilly]]
- [VP [H likes][C Fido]]
- [VP [H speaks][C to Fido]]
Head-Specifier Phrases
Head-Modifier Phrases
Phrase Formation
Here is the file that we went through in class this week:
File:Phrase-Formation-Version3.pdf
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