LIN232H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Adjective Phrase, Phrase, Ditransitive Verb
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The two ways you can represent a constituent are Constituent: a group of words that function together as a unit. You can also represent this using a bracketed diagram . The pluses mean these phrases can be recursive. Big and yellow both modify the noun in phrase 1, however very in phrase 2 modifies yellow. This is why we use the constituent of an adjective phrase (adjp) The rule for adjective phrases is adjp (advp) adj. The adverb very modifies yellow, so it is part of the yellow adjp. Big modifies book, so it is attached directly to the np containing book. Principle of modification (informal): modifiers are always attached within the phrase they modify. Principle of modification(revised): if an xp modifies some head y, then xp must be a sister to y. Pps seem to look like the require a noun, however, there is a class of prepositions, called particles, that don"t require an np.
