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An introduction and motivation of X-bar theory in syntax
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A small gnome
in the garden
wiped
his handsLanguage:
beads on a string?
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The small gnome in the garden wiped his hands
adjdet
NP
N
NP
det
VP
S
V
PP
prep
N
NP
detN
AdvPquickly
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adjdet
NP VP
S
PPN
NP
‘flat’ structures
AdvP
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon
S
NPPPNPV
NPVP
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
V
willMiss Marple
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A sentence structureS
NPPPNPV
NP VP
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
V
willMiss Marple
VP → V V NP (PP)*
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.
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S
NPPPNPV
NP VP
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
V
willMiss Marple
... and HP will do so too
?
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so tonight.
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so tonight.
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so in the garage tonight.
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so tonight.• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed
this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so in the garage tonight.
• * Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so the diaries in the garage after dinner.
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Arguments against ‘flat’ structures:–VP → V NP (PP)* ?????
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so too.
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so tonight.
• Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so in the garage tonight.
• * Miss Marple will read the letters in the garden shed this afternoon and Hercule Poirot will do so the diaries in the garage after dinner.
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The old VP structureS
NPPPNPV
NP VP
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
V
willMiss Marple
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
‘pro
ject
ions
’(= VP)
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPP
V´
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
(= VP)
do so
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPPNP
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
(= VP)
do so
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
(= VP)do so
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
(= VP)
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• All the detectives have read the letters in the garden shed after lunch.
• They have?
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• All the detectives have read the letters in the garden shed after lunch.
• They have?
• The detectives have all read the letters in the garden shed after lunch.
• * They have all?
• The police have all done so too.
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The new VP structureV´´
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´
this afternoon
read the letters
in the garden shed
(= VP)do so
all
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A new constituent: Specifier
• The detectives have all read the letters in the garden shed after lunch.
• The police have all done so too.• The police have all done so after lunch.• The police have all done so in the
garden shed after lunch
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The new VP structure: ‘projections’V´´ (= VP)
Spec
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´
this afternoon
all read the letters
in the garden shed
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Nominal Phrases• the investigation of the corpse after
lunch• the investigation of the corpse after
lunch was less horrible than the one after dinner
• they investigated the corpse vs.the investigation of the corpse
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Nominal Phrases
• NP → Det N (PP)* ??????
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The new NP structure: ‘projections’N´´ (= NP)
Spec
PPPPN
N´
N´
after lunch
the investigation of the corpse
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Adjective Phrases• Jeeves is envious• Jeeves is envious of Poirot• Jeeves is rather envious of Poirot
• He is true to his principles• Er ist seinen Grundsätzen treu.
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Prepositional Phrases
• across the bridge• right across the bridge
• Prepositions: by car, mit dem Auto• Postpositions: kuruma-de
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Some phrases...
• frequently open the door in the morning
• early in the morning on Wednesday
• extremely fond of chocolate with breakfast
• a painter of portraits in the 1920’s
• a famous painter of portraits in the 1920’s
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The rise of ‘X-bar’ syntax
• Arguments against ‘flat’ structures
• Basic reoccurring patterns in the different types of phrases that we find in a language
• Basic reoccurring patterns in the structures found across languages
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The X-bar schema X´´ (= XP)
Spec
ZP
YPX
X´
X´
Noam Chomsky
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X-bar Theory
• X´´→ Spec; X´• X´* → X´; ZP• X´ → X; YP
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The strike some weeksforcontinued
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The strike some weeksforcontinue-ed
noundet
NP
noun
NPdet
PP
prep
VP
IP
verbINFL
I1
I1
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The strike
NP
some weeksfor
PPVP
IP
continue
verb
-ed
INFL
I1
I1
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SpecZP
YP
I´´
INFL
I´I´
(I´´ = IP = S)
• X´´→ Spec; X´• X´* → X´; ZP• X´ → X; YP
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SpecZP
YP
I´´
INFL
I´I´
(I´´ = IP = S)
Subject
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Relation between form and function
V´´
Spec
NPPPNPV
V´
V´
V´Participants
Circumstances
Circumstances
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X-bar Theory
• X´´→ Spec; X´• X´* → X´; ZP• X´ → X; YP
• “If we can treat phrase structure universally in terms of this general projection schema, then we may further assume that the child learning a language need not construct this schema as part of its grammar. The principles of X-bar theory will be part of [Universal Grammar], they are innate.” (Haegeman, 1991:96)
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Binary Branching and ‘Language Acquisition’
• Less options for the child to discriminate amongst..... –a sensible claim?
– “Mummy must go now.”how many trees?
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Exercises... What would be sensible X-bar trees for the following sentences?
• Poirot will meet the new governess in the foyer of the opera.
• Miss Marple cleaned the knife carefully with a handkerchief.
• Maigret is quite fond of his assistant.
• The announcement of the news on local radio surprised the students of linguistics from England.