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Linguistics

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5. VP —> [Adj] [PP] ] ]
—> [ [S] ] ]
[ Be ] NP [ ] ] ]
[ ] Adv ] ] ]
6. Aux —> Tns (Mdl) (Have En) (Being)
[PP]
7. Adv. P <— P [Adv]
8. PP — Prep. NP
Explanation of (some) terms and signs

# = Morpheme boundaries
—> = Rewrite
∩ /-/+ concotenation
[ ] Optionality—choose or do not choose
choose any one
* = Repeat
Pre. S = Pre. Sentence
Decl. = Declaration
Q = Question
Imp. = Imperative
Neg. = Negative
Emph. = Emphatic
Advb. = Adverb Phrase
Pt = Particle
PP = Prepositional Phrase
Mdl = Modal
... = List is inexhaustive
Elaborations of these rules are given below :
1. Big capital S means that many sentences are conjoined together by conjunctions such as and,
but etc.
2. S —> NP + Aux + VP
3. NP —> Det + Noun + No.
[Specified ]
Del —> [ ]
[Unspecified ]
[ the. this, that, these, those, possessive ]
Specified [ ]
[noun and possessive pronouns ]
[ a/an, some, few, a couple, several,]
Unspecified —> [much, many few,
[little, a little ..... ]

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