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PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR
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Mind map that explains phrasal structure and verb complementation in English grammar
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english grammar
phrase structure grammar
generative transformational grammar
chomsky
verb complementation
linguistics
teaching
syntax
linguistics
third year
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PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR
SYNTAX
GENERATIVE GRAMMAR APPROACH
Phrase structure grammar
Immediate constituent analysis
Diagramming
Hierarchical structure
Linear order of words on the surface
Does not deal with deep structure
Active vs passive sentences
Structural ambiguity
"visiting relatives can be tiresome"
Valorative vs corresponding interrogation
Deep structure (D-structure)
Abstract level in which all meaning resides
Rewrite rules
Set of ordered rules which are applied stepwise
A single symbol on the left and one or more on the right
A → B + C C → D
Tree diagram
A= Branching node C= Non-branching node
B + C are daughters to A and sisters to each other
CONSTITUENT
B and C are constituend because are dominated by a single node (A)
Proper subparts of sentences
Formed by phrases
Words or sequences of words with syntactic significance
Not all sequences of words work as constituents, only entire constituents are movable
"Beautiful flowers"
"I received beautiful flowers for my bithday"
"though beautiful, flowers cause me to sneeze"
Relationships
One-way dependency (modifier-head)
The modifier can be omitted but not the head
"Blue eyes"
"Deep blue eyes"
Mutual dependency (governor-component)
Neither sister can be omitted
Verb/object
"run a race"
Verb/complement
"be a fool"
Preposition/complement
"on the shore"
Adjective/complement
"dear to me"
Subject/predicate
"the weather is improving"
DOMINATION
A dominates B and C but not D
IMMEDIATE DOMINATION
A dominates B, C and D
Formed by nodes
Notational variant
a[b[D]C]
"A is rewritten as B followed by C"
Choices
A → (B) C Optionally B Obligatory C
A → ({B, C}) D
A → {B, C} Only one of the options
Transformational grammar
Surface estructure (S-structure)
Level in which elements can be re-arranged, deleted or changed without changing meaning
≠
Chomsky
FORM OF SENTENCES
Grammatical
Meaningful
≠
"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"
Constitutive rather than regulatory rules
CONSTITUTIVE: grammatical structure
REGULATORY: "good" forms to use
The rules are finite in number but must produce any possible sentence in English
PHRASE STRUCTURE
Categories
NOUN PHRASE
Adjective (AP) (before noun)
Degree words
Quality
Intensity
Degree adverbs
"The very fiercely barking dog"
Adverb phrase (AdvP)
Modifier of adjectives
Preposition (PP) (after noun)
Contains a preposition modifier of the noun
Prepositional specifiers (Pspec)
Right, straight, slap
"right after lunch"
"straight along this road"
Conjunction
Conjoins two or more constituents
And, or, but...
Noun (obligatory)
"The large dogs"
Determiner
(Dem)onstrators
This, that, these, those
(Q)uantifiers
Some, any, every...
(Poss)esive
My, your, her, their...
(Art)icles
A, an, the
(Wh)- words
Which, where, how, when, who, what, why
VERB PHRASE
Verb group (Vgr)
Lexical verb with or without a particle (verb in base form)
Verb complementation (subcategorization)
TRANSITIVE
__NP (direct object)
Hit, kill, eat, break
"Reynald broke the vase"
DITRANSITIVE
__NP1 __NP2
Give, send, tell, lend, buy offer, show
"he sent Olga roses"
DIPREPOSITIONAL
__PP PP
Confer, talk, consult, argue
"she argued with him about money"
PREPOSITIONAL
__ PP
Locative
Stand, lie, lean, hang, sit, flow
"he agreed to the terms" "she stood on the ladder"
Non-locative
Agree, work, defend, look, refer, insist, respond
INTRANSITIVE
__# (no complement is required or allowed)
Arrive, cry, laugh, swim
"the package has arrived"
COMPLEX TRANSITIVE
__ NP {NP, AP. PP}
Locative
Hang, put, place lay, set, touch, shoot, pierce
__NP NP "we consider him a fool" __NP AP "she made him unhappy" __NP PP "they regard that as the best design"
Non-locative
Find, consider, make, think, elect, call, hold, regard, take, devote
COPULATIVE
__ {NP, AP, PP}
Become, seem, appear, feel. be, grow, look
__NP "Priya is a scientist" __AP "Priya seems tired" __PP "Priya is in a good mood"
__NP __AP __PP
Functions
SUBJECT: Topic, actor, thing that is being talked about
PREDICATE: comment, action, that which is said about the subject
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