LINB06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Non-Finite Clause, Nonfinite Verb, Dependent Clause
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Extending x-bar theory to functional categories: introduction. These (cid:396)ules (cid:374)ot o(cid:374)l(cid:455) ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)ate (cid:373)ost of the t(cid:396)ees (cid:449)e (cid:374)eed fo(cid:396) the se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)es of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s languages: they also capture the additional properties of hierarchical structure found within the major constituents. The specifier rule proposed above requires that the specifier be phrase- (xp-)level category: but the o(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es of spe(cid:272)ifie(cid:396)s (cid:449)e(cid:859)(cid:448)e looked at a(cid:396)e determiners, which appear not to be phrasal. Another troubling aspect of the x-bar is exceptional cp and tp rules that we have yet to incorporate into the system: In the x-bar rule 1 you will notice that the obligatory element is the head but in rule. 2 the opposite is true: determiner phrases (dps) We put determiners like the, a, that, this, those and these in the specifiers of nps. This violates one of the basic principles underlying x-bar theory: all non-head material must be phrasal.
