LING 3004 Lecture 12: LING 3004 Lecture 12 Oct 18

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 3004
• Professor: Kumiko Murasugi

Document Summary

Xp-> (cid:894)yp(cid:895) x(cid:859) or x(cid:859) (cid:894)yp(cid:895) (cid:894)x(cid:859) -> )p x(cid:859) or x(cid:859) )p(cid:895) X(cid:859) -> x (wp) or (wp) x: all phrases have heads, all projects down to a head, all non-head material is phrasal and optional. Proposal: determiners are heads of dps: head own (dp) with np complement, only one permitted (*the that young boy) Specifier rule: dp -> (cid:894)dp(cid:895) d(cid:859) (cid:894)no adju(cid:374)(cid:272)ts, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t use rule(cid:895) Co(cid:374)stru(cid:272)t or (cid:858)s-genitive (cid:858)s is i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:373)e(cid:374)tar(cid:455) distri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith determiner -> both in d: *joh(cid:374)(cid:859)s this tru(cid:272)k, *this joh(cid:374)(cid:859)s tru(cid:272)k, associated with full phrase specifier. ** dp above every np if no d, have empty head (but always need np) Free genitive (or of-genitive: the coat of the painter, the roof of the building, the proposition of marks possessive relation between 2 dps. Tense phrase: tests to show need dp and t as constituent, tp rules, tp -> (cid:894)dp/cp(cid:895) t(cid:859, t(cid:859) -> t vp.