Syntax 1 Wiki: Week 6

Phrase Formation

Here is the file that we went through in class this week:

File:Phrase-Formation.pdf

Link to the Online Grammar

The Root Note Constraint

We want to define under which condition a constituent can be uttered on its own. The definition contains both syntactic and semantic aspects:

A constituent can be uttered on its own if it meets the following conditions:

1. It is is phrase.
2. Its HEAD value identifies it as of part of speech v whose VFORM is fin.
3. Its SUBJ, SPR, and COMPS lists are empty.
4. Its content is of type proposition.

Navigation:

 Main page     Week 1    Week 2     Week 3     Week 4     Week 5    Week6    Week7    Week8    Week9    Week10