Introduction to Syntax Session 1
Introduction to Syntax Session 1
Introduction to Syntax Session 1
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X-bar Theory<br />
• We now discuss X-bar Theory (Chapters 6, 7 & 8), which<br />
gives us a general format for the generative rules we work<br />
with.<br />
• It constrains the form that our rules may have.<br />
• E.g. XP d YP X’ ok; XP d AP BP CP excluded.<br />
• It simplifies the system of rules and captures the crosscategorial<br />
generalizations.<br />
• This sets the stage for the discussion of further empiric<br />
phenomena.<br />
• But X-bar theory as such can still produce sentences that<br />
are NOT well formed.<br />
• It over-generates (generates ungrammatical sentences).<br />
27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 38
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