X-Bar Semantics

Towards a Semantics of X-Bar Theory

Grammar encodes meaning. X-Bar Theory captures an important grammatical generalization. What is missing is a semantics of X-Bar Theory. This paper is a step towards providing such a semantics. In the process of providing a semantics for X-Bar Theory, certain modifications to X-Bar Theory are proposed to bring it into closer alignment with that semantics. Referential and relational meaning are t...

The X-bar Theory of Phrase Structure

X-bar theory is widely regarded as a substantive theory of phrase structure properties in natural languages. In this paper we will demonstrate that a formalization of its content reveals very little substance in its claims. We state and discuss six conditions that encapsulate the claims of X-bar theory: Lexicality — each nonterminal is a projection of a preterminal; Succession — each X dominate...

THE X - BAR THEORY OF PHRASE STRUCTUREAndr

X-bar theory is widely regarded as a substantive theory of phrase structure properties in natural languages. In this paper we will demonstrate that a formalization of its content reveals very little substance in its claims. We state and discuss six conditions that encapsulate the claims of X-bar theory: Lexicality | each nonterminal is a projection of a preterminal; Succession | each X n+1 domi...

An x-bar theory of Government Phonology*

New Shewhart-type synthetic bar{X} control schemes for non-normal data

In this paper, Burr-type XII ̄X synthetic schemes are proposed as an alternative to the classical ̄X synthetic schemes when the assumption of normality fails to hold. First, the basic design of the Burr-type XII ̄X synthetic scheme is developed and its performance investigated using exact formulae. Secondly, the non-side-sensitive and side-sensitive Burr-type XII ̄X synthetic schemes are int...