Chapter 3
Structure and hierarchy
Keywords: Phrases headed by lexical and grammatical categories (NP, VP, AP, PP and DP, TP, CP), X-bar theory, structural hierarchy, c-command, negative polarity, reflexive, grammatical functions of phrases (subject, object, predicate, adverbial)
Article outline
- 1.Phrases
- 1.1The Phrase (for lexical categories)
- 1.2Phrases of functional/grammatical categories
- 1.3Testing and X′
- 2.Movement
- 2.1Yes/No questions
- 2.2Wh-questions
- 3.Hierarchical structural and c-command
- 4.Grammatical functions
- 5.Conclusion
- Exercises