PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR

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