chapter4-lectre2chapter4-lecture2chapter4-lecture2chapter4-lecture2.ppt

Chapter 4Syntax The S Rule S → NP＋VP VP → Vtr. ＋NP NP → Det＋N Vtr. →buy, sell, build, repair, wash, etc. N → man, woman, car, house, bicycle, etc. Det → a, an, the The man sells the car in the garage. The woman washes the bicycle in the street. The boy repairs the bicycle in the house. The S Rule InflP（=S） Infl Phrase Infl Phrase Transformations Auxiliary movement (inversion) Do insertion Wh-movement Moveαand constraints on transformations Inversion (revised): Move Infl to C CP C S NP VP Det N Infl V The train will arrive. Auxiliary movement Inversion: Move Infl to the left of the subject NP. XP rule to form a sentence. Transformation to move auxiliary from Infl position to the left of the subject NP. Auxiliary movement Complementizers and auxiliaries are exclusive. Empty category Head movement * The teacher wonders [CP if- should his student__ stay.] Do insertion Do insersion insert interrogative do into an empty Infl position Do insertion Deep structure surface structure Deep structure the syntactic structure formed by the XP rule in accordance with the head’s sub-categorization properties. surface structure The final syntactic form of the sentence which results from appropriate trans-formations. Deep Structure (XP rule) S NP VP Det N Infl V The train will arrive. Surface Structure (transformation) CP C S NP VP Infl Det N Inf