LING 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Complementary Distribution, Genitive Case, Nonfinite Verb
4 Aug 2019
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1: specifier rule: xp (yp) x or xp x (yp, adjunct rule: x x (zp) or x (zp) x , complement rule: x x (wp) or x (wp) x. Even within english, we are actually not exactly following this template. In this tree, d is not following the specifier rule. To solve this problem, we will create another head position: dp. This is what we will be looking at today. So d will be a head from the dp position. So now we don"t have to violate the x" template (the one that includes dp, d" and d) For a visual representation of this tree, look at the next tree below. Why are genitives and determiners in complementary distribution? (try to rephrase these using the of-genitive) Where is the genitive "s : mary"s hat, the old man"s hat, the teacher of art"s hat, the child sitting in the corner of the room"s hat.
