A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics David Crystal

518 vowel shift
vowel shift
see sound change
VP-internal subject hypothesis In government-binding theory, a hypothesis
about a phrase structure in which a subject is base-generated within the
verb phrase. In languages such as English, the subject of a sentence starts as a
VP-specifier, and moves to be a tense phrase (TP) specifier.
V-place (n.)
see constriction, place
VP shell In government-binding theory and the minimalist programme,
a view of the verb phrase in terms of two different projections, each of which
is called a ‘shell’. VPs are seen as having an outer VP shell and an inner VP shell.
Some arguments (e.g. agent) originate within the outer shell and some (e.g.
theme) within the inner shell. The notion was introduced by Richard Larson
(b. 1952) in relation to such constructions as the double-object (e.g. She gave
the dog a drink). The derivation of a VP-shell structure involves the adjunction
of a verb to a light verb, forming a complex category of the form V-v.
V-slot (n.) see slot (2)