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Sunday, 29 September 2019

Generative Grammar

Generative Grammar
In the study of phrasal structure NP and VP have been discussed.Now its time to go ahead to see how words are interwoven in to b the fabric of these finite rules.next in this line is PP prepositional phrase.
PP
p+NP
or PP(P+NP)
For example "Off the shore".
  structure will be
                  PP
                /    \
            p        NP
                     /   \
                   art    N
similarly
        Under the feet
            pp
           /   \
        p       NP
                /   \
               art  N
these points should be kept in mind whether you are student or a teacher.
NP can only be formed by
NP (det+adjective+N or det+N or N)
VP (v+NP,v+PP,v+Adverb)
PP (p+NP)
these are important not only for sentence tree but also for transformational Grammar or surface and deep structure.
Sentence Structure
Generative grammar is based on simple rules
"All and only"
and
"Infinite and finite"
All and only means only pure grammatical sentences are dealt but all grammatical sentences in the type of Grammar.
secondly
through few simple rules we can form or construct uncountable sentences.so that infinite and finite means.
A sentence must has a subject and a verb.two constituents are necessary thats why it is called only grammatical sentences.
for example
The labourers do the work.
-------------------   -----------------
        |                          |
      NP                      VP
there are two constituents. and the word that determines a constituent is called head.so Noun and verb are the heads in the example that is given above.
1    The sun rises in the east.
                    S
                  /   \
            NP         VP
            / \          /   \
        art   N       v     PP
                                /   \
                              p     NP
                                     /   \
                                   art   N

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