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tree diagrams, X-Bar theory
For the most part, any type of phrase can dominate any other type of phrase, because of the recursive structure of syntax. Since a CP can be dominated by a VP, and a VP can be dominated by a CP, you ...
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Argumentation for the existence of Tense phrase
The usual argument is that the present-tense marking only ever appears once in the phrase. If you put another verb before the main one, that one takes the tense marking instead:
John spends […]
John ...
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How does an AdvP attach in X-bar syntax?
The AdvP here isn't a complement or a specifier, but a separate third thing: an adjunct, a modifier that's attached to an entire, completed phrase.
In other words, you have your VP "love the ...
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Is it possible to have a repeated node appear under the same node? (Syntax Tree) [illustration provided]
While I don't speak French, most styles of generative syntax (the sort you seem to be doing here) do allow for this sort of "repetition". When you attach a complement to a node (using the &...
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Is it possible to have a repeated node appear under the same node? (Syntax Tree) [illustration provided]
If you really want a new node type, you would need to let toujours select the SV. Toujours les musées is uninterpretable, because toujours requires an event to be repeated, and les musées does not ...
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Meaning of the X-bar item in X-bar theory?
The best you can say is, X' items are an intermediate level. That's really the thing that defines them. You can say they have the feature "bar=1", if you want, which is kind of tautological: ...
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