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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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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-bar_theory Wikipedia article] | ||
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| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | {{:Chomsky 1970}} | ||
| + | {{:Jackendoff 1977}} | ||
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| + | ===Other languages=== | ||
| + | *German [[X-Bar-Theorie]] | ||
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[[Category:Syntax]] | [[Category:Syntax]] | ||
[[Category:Generative grammar]] | [[Category:Generative grammar]] | ||
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X-bar theory is a 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.
Link
References
Chomsky, Noam A. 1970. Remarks on nominalization. In: Jacobs, Roderick & Rosenbaum, P. (eds.) Reading in English Transformational Grammar, 184-221. Waltham, MA. Jackendoff, Ray 1977. X-bar syntax: A study of phrase structure. (Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 2.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Other languages
- German X-Bar-Theorie
