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Syntax Self learning

NAME : DINA IBRAHIM ALI ID : 2021000379


NAME : SHAHD AHMED ID :
2021010274
Presentation objectives

 Background information about x bar theory .


 Listing and providing several levels of x bar theory .
 Three main levels of x bar and provide examples .
 Summary of x bar theory .
• What is x bar theory ?
: Definition of x bar theory

 "X-bar theory is a model of phrase-structure grammar and a theory of syntactic


category formation that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1970 and
further developed by Ray Jackendoff, along the lines of the theory of generative
grammar put forth in the 1950s by Chomsky." (Maurya, 2023)
X bar divided into several levels

1. X bar : represent the head of the phrases , this head usually :


Nouns , verbs , adjective , or proposition depending on this type of
phrase .
2. XP : X phrase is called the maximal projection
Three main levels of x bar

specifier complement Adjuncts


? what is specifier
 First thing that branches out of the maximal
production .
 ( D ) Determiner { this } is the daughter of
maximal { Np }
Projection.
 specifier is daughter of Np and sister to N
? what is complement

 Of crayons is propositional phrase and it


function as a complement.
 Daughter of N
 Or sister to N { Head } ( box )
 It also complete ( of crayons )
? what is adjuncts

 2 adjuncts { Adj and PP are adjuncts }

Ugly with ten colors


 Adjuncts is daughter of N and sister of N
: Example

The book on the table

Specifier the head complement


: Noun phrase ( NP )

 NP ( D ) N”

 N” ( Adj p )N” Or N” ( pp )

 N” N ( PP )
: Verb phrase

 VP V”

 V” V” ( PP ) OR V” ( Adj P )

 V” V ( NP )
: Adjective phrase

 Adj P Adj”

 Adj” ( Adj P ) Adj”

 Adj” Adj ( PP )
: Propositional phrase

 PP P”

 P” ( P” ) Conj ( P” )

 P” ( P ) NP
: Conclusion

x bar theory

nouns verbs adjectives propositions

specifier complement adjunct NP—(D)N” VP---V’ Adj p ---Adj” PP----P”

N”—(adjp)N”orN”(PP) V’----V’(pp) or v’(adj p) Adj”----(adj p )adj” P”-P”conj (P”)


N’--(PP) V’---V(NP) Adj”--- adj ( pp ) P”----(P) NP
: References

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