X-bar theory

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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.

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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.

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