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Linguistics Lecture-12: X-bar Theory; Adjuncts and Complements

Linguistics Lecture-12: X-bar Theory; Adjuncts and Complements. Pushpak Bhattacharyya, CSE Department, IIT Bombay February 28th, 2009 (main text: Syntax by Adrew Carnie, Blackwell Publication, 2002). How deep should a tree be?. Is there a principle in branching

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Linguistics Lecture-12: X-bar Theory; Adjuncts and Complements

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  1. Linguistics Lecture-12:X-bar Theory; Adjuncts and Complements Pushpak Bhattacharyya, CSE Department, IIT Bombay February 28th, 2009 (main text: Syntax by Adrew Carnie, Blackwell Publication, 2002)

  2. How deep should a tree be? • Is there a principle in branching • When should the constituent give rise to children? • What is the hierarchy building principle?

  3. Deeper trees needed for capturing sentence structure This wont do! Flat structure! NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover of poems big [The big book of poems with the Blue cover] is on the table.

  4. Other languages English NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover big of poems NP Hindi AP PP PP kitaab kavita kii niil jilda vaalii badii [niil jilda vaalii kavita kii kitaab]

  5. Other languages: contd English NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover big of poems NP Bengali AP PP PP ti bai kavitar niil malaat deovaa motaa [niil malaat deovaa kavitar bai ti]

  6. PPs are at the same level: flat with respect to the head word “book” No distinction in terms of dominance or c-command NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover of poems big [The big book of poems with the Blue cover] is on the table.

  7. “Constituency test of Replacement” runs into problems • One-replacement: • I bought the big [book of poems with the blue cover] not the small [one] • One-replacement targets book of poems with the blue cover • Another one-replacement: • I bought the big [book of poems] with the blue cover not the small [one] with the red cover • One-replacement targets book of poems

  8. More deeply embedded structure NP N’1 The AP N’2 N’3 big PP N book with the blue cover PP of poems

  9. To target N1’ • I want [NPthis [N’big book of poems with the red cover] and not [Nthat [None]]

  10. Bar-level projections • Add intermediate structures • NP (D) N’ • N’ (AP) N’ | N’ (PP) | N (PP) • () indicates optionality

  11. New rules produce this tree NP N-bar N’1 The AP N’2 N’3 big PP N book with the blue cover PP of poems

  12. As opposed to this tree NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover of poems big

  13. V-bar • What is the element in verbs corresponding to one-replacement for nouns • do-so or did-so

  14. As opposed to this tree NP PP The AP PP book with the blue cover of poems big

  15. I [eat beans with a fork] VP PP eat NP with a fork beans No constituent that groups together V and NP and excludes PP

  16. Need for intermediate constituents • I [eat beans] with a fork but Ram [does so] with a spoon VP V1’ VPV’ V’ V’ (PP) V’ V (NP) V2’ PP V NP with a fork eat beans

  17. How to target V1’ • I [eat beans with a fork], and Ram [does so] too. VP V1’ VPV’ V’ V’ (PP) V’ V (NP) V2’ PP V NP with a fork eat beans

  18. Case of conjunction VP V1’ V2’ PP V3’ V4’ Conj and In the afternoon NP NP V V eat drink beans coffee

  19. A-bar: adjectives AP A1’ AP A’ A’ (AP) A’ A’ A (PP) A2’ AP A3’ A5’ Conj and Very A6’ A4’ AP AP green blue bright dull

  20. So-replacement for adjectives • Ram is very serious about studies , but less so than Shyam

  21. P-bar: prepositions AP A1’ PP P’ P’ P’ (PP) P’ P (NP) P1’ PP AP P2’ P3’ Conj and right NP NP P P into off the trash the table

  22. So-replacement for Prepositions • Ram is utterly in debt, but Shyam is only partly so.

  23. Complements and Adjuncts orArguments and Adjuncts

  24. Rules in bar notation: Noun • NP (D) N’ • N’ (AP) N’ • N’ N’ (PP) • N’ N (PP)

  25. Rules in bar notation: Verb • VP V’ • V’ V’ (PP) • V’ V (NP)

  26. Rules in bar notation: Adjective • AP A’ • A’ (AP) A’ • A’ A (PP)

  27. Rules in bar notation: Preposition • PP P’ • P’ P’ (PP) • P’ P (NP)

  28. Introducing the “X factor” • Let X stand for any category N, V, A, P • Let XP stand for NP, VP, AP and PP • Let X’ stand for N’, V’, A’ and P’

  29. XP to X’ • Collect the first level rules • NP (D) N’ • VP V’ • AP A’ • PP P’ • And produce • XP (YP) X’

  30. X’ to X’ • Collect the 2nd level rules • N’ (AP) N’ or N’ (PP) • V’ V’ (PP) • A’ (AP) A’ • P’ P’ (PP) • And produce • X’ (ZP) X’ or X (ZP)

  31. X’ to X • Collect the 3rd level rules • N’ N (PP) • V’ V (NP) • A’ A (PP) • P’ P (NP) • And produce • X’ X (WP)

  32. Basic observations about X and X’ • X’ X (WP) • X’ X’ (ZP) • X is called Head • Phrases must have Heads: Headedness property • Category of XP and X must match: Endocentricity

  33. Basic observations about X and X’ • X’ X (WP) • X’ X’ (ZP) • Sisters of X are complements • Roughly correspond to objects • Sisters of X’ are Adjuncts • PPs and Adjectives are typical adjuncts • We have adjunct rules and complement rules

  34. Structural difference between complements and adjuncts XP X’ ZP X’ Adjunct WP X Complement

  35. Complements and Adjuncts in NPs NP N’ ZP N’ PP with red cover N book of poems

  36. NP Any number of Adjuncts N’ N’ ZP from Oxford Press N’ PP with red cover N book of poems

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