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Question 1

What is the theory whereby all phrases can be described with the same structure?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What are the head, specifier and complement of a noun phrase?

Answer 2

Head: noun
Specifier: determiner
Complement: PP

Question 3

What are the head, specifier and complement of a verb phrase?

Answer 3

Head: verb
Specifier: adverb (never, almost, often, etc.)
Complement: (in)direct object (NP), AdvP, PP

Question 4

What are the head, specifier and complement of an adjective phrase?

Answer 4

Head: adjective
Specifier: degree word (very, quite, hardly)
Complement: PP

Question 5

What are the head, specifier and complement of an adverb phrase?

Answer 5

Head: adverb
Specifier: degree word
Complement: none

Question 6

What are the head, specifier and complement of a prepositional phrase?

Answer 6

Head: preposition
Specifier: none
Complement: NP

Question 7

What are the head, specifier and complement of a tense phrase (sentence)?

Answer 7

Head: tense (+/- pst or will, can, might)
Specifier: NP
Complement: VP

Question 8

True or false: The same string of words can correspond to different syntactic structures

Answer 8

True