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Stabler - Lx 185/209 2003
T
t
C
C
CP
C’
DP(1)
D’
D
Titus
TP
T
t
T’
DP
t(1)
V
prefer
10.3.5 PP-selecting verbs, adjectives and nouns
v
vP
v
v
T
-s
v’
DP(0)
D’
D
Lavinia
We have seen adjective phrases with subjects, so we should at least take a quick look at adjective phrases with
complements. We first consider examples like this:
VP
V
t
T
to
V’
TP
T’
Have
have
HaveP
Have’
Been
been
BeenP
Been’
DP
t(0)
TitusisproudofLavinia
Titusisproudaboutit
We adopt lexical items which make prepositional items similar to verb phrases, with a “little” p and a “big” P:
With these lexical items we get derivations like this:
vingP
V
eat
ving
ving’
ving
proud::=p A proud::A proud::=T a
ɛ::=>P p
of::=D +k P about::=D +k P
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-ing
VP
V’
V
t