Bare Phrase Structure and Specifier-less Syntax
It is pointed out that “specifiers” render the algorithm of projection overly complex. This consideration lends support to Starke’s (2004) reanalysis of specifiers as phrasal heads that project their own phrases — which makes phrase structure a simple sequence of head-complement relations. It is fur...
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Biolinguistics
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Biolinguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/18 |