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This schema licenses the following structure:<br>
This schema licenses the following structure:<br>
<i style="color:#ffff00">X -> X + COMPS</i><br>
<i style="color:#ffff00">XP -> X + COMPS</i><br>
Examples:
Examples:
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This schema licenses the following structure:<br>
This schema licenses the following structure:<br>
<i style="color:#ffff00">X -> X + COMPS</i><br>
<i style="color:#ffff00">XP -> X + COMPS</i><br>
Examples:
Examples:
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<ul>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> show][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> me][C <i style="color:#ffff00">Frankfurt</i>]]</li>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> show][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> me][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> Frankfurt]]</li>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> give][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> the book][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> to the student]]</li>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> give][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> the book][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> to the student]]</li>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> put][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> the book][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> on the table]]</li>
     <li>[<i style="color:#ffff00">VP</i> [<i style="color:#ffff00">H</i> put][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> the book][<i style="color:#ffff00">C</i> on the table]]</li>

Revision as of 22:24, 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

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This schema licenses the following structure:
XP -> 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]]








Schema 2: The head licenses two complements

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This schema licenses the following structure:
XP -> X + COMPS
Examples:

  • [VP [H show][C me][C Frankfurt]]
  • [VP [H give][C the book][C to the student]]
  • [VP [H put][C the book][C on the table]]

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

Link to the Online Grammar





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