Abstract
1. Chomsky 1970 presents several arguments to demonstrate that derived nominals are nouns in deep structure rather than transforms of deep-structure verbs.' The view that the grammar of English has no transformational rules forming derived nominals is known as the 'lexicalist hypothesis' (henceforth 'LH'). Under LH, a derived nominal such as destruction in (1) their destruction of the property would not be derived from the verb destroy with subject they and object the property. Instead, it would occur as a noun in the deep structure represented by the accompanying figure; the -tion ending would be added by a late rule.
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