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Specializations => Morphosyntax => Topic started by: cavertronix on July 03, 2017, 12:13:29 PM

Title: Embedding
Post by: cavertronix on July 03, 2017, 12:13:29 PM

How should I describe the different levels of embedding from smaller elements to big ones or all the way round?

Title: Re: Embedding
Post by: Daniel on July 03, 2017, 07:29:17 PM

Step 1: Identify the constituent structure for the whole sentence. (What is embedded in what?)
Step 2: Identify complement vs. adjunct (and possibly other relationships like 'specifier' if your theory requires that).
Step 3: Label all the phrases.

Understanding how phrases are embedded will automatically follow from those other steps.