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'''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. Its main tenet is that all phrase structure (hence the X) can be reduced to recursive specifier-head configurations.

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 '''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. It is a theory about the internal structure of syntactic constituents which was originally intended to place constraints on the power of [[phrase structure rules]]. X-bar theory captures the insight that all phrases share some essential structural properties. Its main tenet is that all [[phrase structure]] (hence the X) can be reduced to [[recursive]] [[specifier]]-[[head]] configurations.
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 The structures in (i) have in common that the head (noun, verb, adjective, or preposition) has an element to its right, which can be construed as its complement.
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 This notation allows crosscategorical reference to sets of categories. EXAMPLE: the two categories that can appear with an NP complement in English, Verbs and Prepositions, can now be referred to with the single feature [-N]. Thus, it becomes possible to characterize natural classes of syntactic categories. The X-bar system can be extended to clausal structures. Functional categories like I ( [[INFL]]) and C ( [[COMP]]) are also considered to be values of X. In this way, S is reinterpreted as a projection of I(NFL); S' is reinterpreted as a projection of C(OMP). Analogously, the functional category [[Determiner]] (D) can be incorporated into the X-bar system. In this way, NP is reinterpreted as being part of a DP.
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+==Other languages==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-bar_theory Wikipedia article]
 * [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=X-bar+theory&lemmacode=76 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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+== References ==
 * Abney, S. 1987. ''The English Noun Phrase in its Sentential Aspect,'' Unpublished Diss MIT.
 * Chomsky, N. 1994. ''Bare Phrase Structure,'' MIT Occasional Papers in Linguistics 5 (MITWPL),
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 '''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. It is a theory about the internal structure of syntactic constituents which was originally intended to place constraints on the power of [[phrase structure rules]]. X-bar theory captures the insight that all phrases share some essential structural properties. Its main tenet is that all [[phrase structure]] (hence the X) can be reduced to [[recursive]] [[specifier]]-[[head]] configurations.
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+'''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. It is a theory about the internal structure of syntactic constituents which was originally intended to place constraints on the power of [[phrase structure rules]]. X-bar theory captures the insight that all phrases share some essential structural properties. Its main tenet is that all [[phrase structure]] (hence the X) can be reduced to [[recursive]] [[specifier]]-[[head]] configurations.
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-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-bar_theory Wikipedia article]
+ (i)  a look<sub>V</sub> [for you]
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+These structural properties are conventionally represented as in (ii).
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 *{{:Jackendoff 1977}}
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-'''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. Its main tenet is that all phrase structure (hence the X) can be reduced to recursive specifier-head configurations.
+'''X-bar theory''' is a [[generative linguistics|generative]] theory of language conceived by [[Noam A. Chomsky]]. Its main tenet is that all [[phrase structure]] (hence the X) can be reduced to [[recursive]] [[specifier]]-[[head]] configurations.
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 ===References===
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-{{:Jackendoff 1977}}
+*{{:Jackendoff 1977}}
 ===Other languages===