LING 2010Q Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Affix, Deep Structure And Surface Structure
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The ip can be embedded inside a cp. Deriving the related yes-no question from a structure like that is straightforward. The i element will simply move to c. Under x bar theory, every phrase must have a head. In deep structure, it is not yet attached to the verb, and becomes attached to it by an operation traditionally called affix hopping. Under this analysis the i head of a sentence can be an auxilary verb or the tense affix. It is the bare form of the verb that is always generated in the deep structure of a sentence. When the i is an auxilary, the verb stem remains bare, as in hillary can walk ; but when the i is tense, the verb acquires that tense as an ending via affix hopping. After affix hopping the v looks like walk+pres. The phonological rules of the languageassign the correct pronunciation to this transformationally created complex verb.
