LIN232H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Deep Structure And Surface Structure
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In the x" theory, complements are required to be adjacent to the head that introduces them. But in sentences such as "he has not eaten yet today", this is not true, not separates the two. X-bar theory and the lexicon conspire together to generate trees. The result of this tree generation is a level we call d-structure (deep structure) (underlying form) D-structure is subject to transformational rules, which can move words in a sentence around. The output of a transformational rule is called the s-structure of a sentence. The underlying (deep) structure for the french sentence (je mange souvent des pommes) is . The next step is to apply the transformation of verb movement, the verb mange will move to the t position . Once the verb moves to t, you need to leave a trace with an index under . The idea that subjects are generated in the specifier of a vp is called the vp-internal subject hypothesis.
