LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Preposition And Postposition, Noun Phrase, Transitive Verb
7 Nov 2016
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Tp level connects the subject together with the vp. Tp is headed by t, has the subject as a specifier and a vp as a complement. The head, t, is marked for tense by. T may be filled by an auxiliary. Modal auxiliaries: will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must. Constituent- syntactic unit made up of one or more words. 3 constituency tests can be used to ensure that words have been correctly grouped together within an xp and form a constituent. Only constituents can be replaced by a pronominal element. Np can be replaced by a pronoun. Ronnie [vp reads a book about whales], and terry [vp does so] too. Vp can be replaced by do so: The boys played [pp at the park] Only constituents may be moved within a sentence. Jack plays drums [pp in the band] [pp in the band], jack plays the drums.
