Week 10

The main changes applied due to X-bar theory apply to THREE elements. Which is the INCORRECT answer?

• adjectives

• specifiers

• complements

• complements

What principle does having a determiner as a specifier of an NP violate in X-bar theory?

• Adjuncts cannot attach to specifiers.

• Specifiers must always precede the head.

• Heads must project phrases.
  

• All non-head material must be phrasal.

Determiners are typically heads.

• True

• False

The determiner must actually be inside the NP.

• True

• False

What are the two kinds of possessive NPs?

• Free genitive (of-genitive) and construct genitive ('s-genitive)
  

• Nominative genitive and accusative genitive

• Determiner genitive and prepositional genitive

• Subjective and objective genitives

What is an example of a free genitive (of-genitive)?

• The man's hat

• That man's jacket

• The woman's dress

• The hat of the man standing over there.

What is the construct genitive commonly marked by in English?

• The determiner the

• The use of of

• c) A prepositional phrase

• The apostrophe followed by s
  

Which element is missing from the linguistic equation below?

SUBJECT + __________ = CLAUSE

• complement

• predicate

• specifier

• adjunct

How do we call clauses which cannot stand alone?

• root

• matrix

• embedded

• main

CPs and TPs do not require an obligatory head.

• True

• False