In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase structure and a theory of syntactic category formation that proposes a universal schema for how phrases...

X bar, x̄ (or X̄) or X-bar may refer to: X-bar theory, a component of linguistic theory Arithmetic mean, a commonly used type of average An X-bar, a rollover...

the case in English.) X-bar theory had a number of weaknesses and was replaced by bare phrase structure, but some X-bar theory notions were borrowed by...

Merge theory, a constituent contains at most two members. Specifically, in Merge theory, each syntactic object is a constituent. X-bar theory is a template...

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be assigned a syntactic category label. Before the emergence of the X-bar theory, thus in the period between Chomsky (1957) and Jackendoff (1977), syntactic...

"tall" trees, such as those associated with X-bar theory. Both constituency-based and dependency-based theories of grammar have established traditions. Reed–Kellogg...

antisymmetry, is a theory of syntax described in Richard S. Kayne's 1994 book The Antisymmetry of Syntax. Building upon X-bar theory, it proposes a universal...

accepted usages. Some variants of X-bar notation use a double-bar (or double-prime) to represent phrasal-level units. X-bar theory derives its name from the overbar...

consist of two or more words, although conventions vary in this area. X-bar theory, for instance, often sees individual words corresponding to phrasal categories...

projects an X-bar level and an XP -phrasal level. X-bar theory derives a hierarchical vertical structure where XP dominates X’ and X’ dominates X. But the...

supported by linguists such as Chomsky, Aarts, and Kitagawa. This theory uses X-bar theory to treat small clauses as constituents. Linguists debate which...

constraint on x-bar theory that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky (1981) as a rule within the system of principles of the government and binding theory, called...

been influenced by X-bar theory – make no such restriction. Here many single words are judged to be phrases based on a desire for theory-internal consistency...

disrupts the underlying X-bar structure and thus makes VSO rarer due to the complexity of grammar. Thus, there is no X-bar Theory tree form for this. The...

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Head-directionality parameter Phrase structure grammar Specifier Word order X-bar theory For a comprehensive discussion of branching, see Berg (2009:34ff.). Concerning...

constituent phrase in X'-grammar by substitution similarly to how other pro-forms can be used to test for noun-phrases, etc. In X-bar theory, the verb-phrase...

with Geoffrey Pullum, "The X-bar Theory of Phrase Structure", formally reconstructed that then-popular linguistic theory. Semantics. Springer Nature...

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is derived. In X-bar theory, there are no obligatory lexical categories that make up a sentence; instead, there are only general X-bar rules: the specifier...

modifier letters are used instead. Originally, X-bar theory used a bar over syntactic units to indicate bar-levels in syntactic structure, generally rendered...

distribution of reflexives and reciprocals are illustrated below using X-bar theory tree diagrams. Although both reciprocal and reflexive pronouns are classified...

with the advent of X-bar theory, the endocentric vs. exocentric distinction started to become less important in transformational theories of syntax, for without...

syntactic theory (Chomsky 1957, pg. 93). Chomsky introduced more formalized syntactic structures, including phrase structure rules and X-bar theory, which...

grammar Sentence (linguistics) Syntactic category Verb phrase Phraseme X-bar theory Kroeger 2005:37 For empirical arguments against finite VP's, see Miller...

Uninflected word V2 word order Valency Verb Verb phrase Voice Word order X-bar theory "syntax". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived...

to satisfy locality of selection through the restraints of X-bar theory. In X-bar theory, immediate dominance relations are invariant, meaning that all...

Zero-level projection, in X-bar theory Head (linguistics), or nucleus SpaceShipOne flight 15P, a 2004 private spaceflight X/0, division by zero Turner...

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