简明语言学第4章Syntax描述.pptVIP

Many linguists nowadays, however, believe that sentences, like other phrases, also have their own heads. Inflection (dubbed ‘Infl’屈折变化) is an abstract category as their heads, which indicates the sentence’s tense and agreement. Present: S → NP Infl VP InflP(=S) NP VP Infl the subject, as specifier as head as complement InflP (=S) Det N V Det N A boy found the evidence Pst Infl NP VP NP head Det N V Det N A boy will find