LING202 Lecture 6: LING202 6&7
30 Jan 2019
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No aspect if it doesnt have be or have. Tense, aspcet, voice ordered perf (have +v-en) (be +v-ed) Ex- the cat had been breing chased (v+ed)(be +v-ing) (progres) (progressive) (pasive) Ex- *the cat was having been chased (past) ( perfect ) Figuring out the constituency means finding out the sentence structure. A verb projects a vp, a noun projects an np A vp is headed by a verb, np is headed by a noun. Very charming (adjective)= ap on( preposition) the desk= pp(prepositional phrase) The properties of a phrase are determined by the head. Finite clause is tensed and has a nominative subject. Non finite clause is untensed and does not have nominative subject. T projects tp- clauses are tp headed by t. Nonfinite clause are tp headed by t (nonfinite) What words belong to the t category: clause= tp, subject= predicate clause. T head takes vp as its complement, projecting t- constituent (=the predicate expression)
