Chomsky by James McGilvray

Author:James McGilvray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

In effect, X-bar theory requires that each lexical item project three bar levels: X (which in effect says what category of lexical item it is), X′ (which is less intuitively clear, but is needed for the reasons indicated above), and X” (which is the obviously needed level VP, NP, PP, etc.). Notice, too, that the information specific to the lexical item (represented in its features) is carried along to higher bar levels, where it can play a role in determining with which other lexical items and their projected structures it can be placed to make an expression grammatical.

Now for specifiers: where are they to be put? If phrasal complements are sisters to N, V, etc. and are dominated by an X′ level, specifiers are at the same bar level as V′. Thus, X” levels (NPs, VPs, etc.) may have a specifier alongside their X's (N′, V′, etc.). According to a plausible account, Ds or determiners are specifiers of NPs, so that for the DP “the wombat,” we have (3).

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