Syntactic Projections Concerning Syntactic Positions (Adjectival Phrase and Adverbial Phrase Projections as Examples)
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https://doi.org/10.21271/zjhs.28.5.11Keywords:
lexicon, lexical entry, position, adjectival projection, adverbial phrase.Abstract
Within the context of Generative Grammar particularly in the government and binding theory, it has been insisted that: (a) syntactic projections originate and are projected in lexicon. (b) The heads bear the name of the projections. However, in this study, we have worked on constituting the syntactic projections (adjectival phrase and adverbial phrase projections as examples) in which the marked categories form them through their syntactic positions. Through raising questions such as: Does each syntactic projection have to be the consequence of a specific (X)? Or rather, is it possible for a single lexical category to form two different syntactic projections? In which a proper answer has been attempted to be obtained within the framework of three assumptions: (a) the assumption of two lexical categories with two lexical entries. (b) The assumption of a single lexical category with two lexical entries. (c) The assumption of a single lexical category with a single lexical entry. The study has reached the conclusion that it is possible to develop adjectival projections from “marked nouns (the nouns that bear adjectival features) and degrees”, as well as adverbial phrases from “time and place names along with adjectives and degrees”, with the help of syntactic positions.
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