Abstract
The present paper is intended as a reasonably elementary introduction to the nature of X-bar syntax, an important module in the structure of a modern transformational-generative grammar. The examples have been taken from English; however, since X-bar syntax is an integral part of the overall structure of Universal Grammar, the analyses presented here extend to any language.
Highlights
IC-analysis would assign structure (1’) to the subject-NP of (1): 1 The paper is an adapted version of a chapter to appear in Jacobsen
First professor of Russian can be coordinated with another similar word sequence: (2) The professor of Russian and dean of the faculty
Chomsky notes that all major English categories, N, V, A and P may be preceded by specifiers and followed by complements and proposes a rule schema generalizing over the phrasal categories NP, VP, AP and PP.6
Summary
The Phrase Structure rules of a traditional TG-grammar would analyse the professor of Russian by a rule like (9): (9) NP → Det N PP Chomsky notes that all major English categories, N, V, A and P may be preceded by specifiers and followed by complements and proposes a rule schema generalizing over the phrasal categories NP, VP, AP and PP.6 In particular, he introduces the variable X to range over N, V, A and P and the symbol X (= X’)7 to denote the node immediately dominating X.
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