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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/05%3A_Phrases-_Syntax/5.07%3A_Trees-_Introducing_X-bar_theoryThis page discusses X-bar theory in linguistics, which restricts the shape of possible syntactic trees by introducing an intermediate structural level known as X-bar or X???. It emphasizes that every ...This page discusses X-bar theory in linguistics, which restricts the shape of possible syntactic trees by introducing an intermediate structural level known as X-bar or X???. It emphasizes that every phrase has a head of the same category and all heads project a corresponding phrase. The theory suggests that phrases have a hierarchical structure where the head is closely related to its complement.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/05%3A_Phrases-_Syntax/5.11%3A_GrammaticalityThe page discusses the concept of grammaticality in language, focusing on the relationship between syntax and semantics. Grammaticality refers to a sentence's structural correctness regardless of its ...The page discusses the concept of grammaticality in language, focusing on the relationship between syntax and semantics. Grammaticality refers to a sentence's structural correctness regardless of its meaning. Noam Chomsky's theories highlight the distinction, exemplified by "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously," grammatically correct but semantically nonsensical.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/05%3A_Phrases-_Syntax/5.04%3A_Functional_categoriesA few other functional categories that you will encounter in this chapter are degree words like very and way, which always modify adjectives or adverbs; numbers, which occur between determiners and ad...A few other functional categories that you will encounter in this chapter are degree words like very and way, which always modify adjectives or adverbs; numbers, which occur between determiners and adjectives, and which as a syntactic category also include words like many and few; and conjunctions, which include only and, or, and but, and connect two phrases of the same category.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Essentials_of_Linguistics_Remix_2.0/05%3A_Phrases-_Syntax/5.06%3A_From_constituency_to_tree_diagramsThis section introduces formal notation of tree diagrams for making specific claims about sentence structures. It discusses phrase structure rules, which form the basis of generative syntax, a theory ...This section introduces formal notation of tree diagrams for making specific claims about sentence structures. It discusses phrase structure rules, which form the basis of generative syntax, a theory developed by Chomsky in 1957. Various rules for constructing noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP), and prepositional phrases (PP) are described through examples.
