LINB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Syntactic Category, Projection Principle, Dummy Pronoun
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Ditransitive verb: take 2 complements (type of complement) A verb can take a dp, pp or cp complement. N, a, and adv: only take pp, cp, or 0 complement, but not dp. P, n, a, and adv can be transitive or intransitive like v but not ditransitive: none of them takes more than 1 complement. Adjunct: x list in argument structure of verb. Seem: [it] seems -> [it] x -role cuz it s a dummy pronoun w/ no semantic content. The theta criterion: each argument is assigned one and only theta role, each theta role is assigned to one and only one argument. You can t have more arguments than you have theta roles & you can t have more theta roles than you have arguments. Computational component - contains all rules & constraints (build sentence & filter out ill-formed ones) 2. Info abt theta roles & other features stored in lexicon (irregular & memorised lang pts)
