Syntactic Theory

Constituent Structure in HPSG

The constituent structures assumed in HPSG are surface oriented, i.e. they should diverge from the results of the constituent test as little as possible.

• Basics of constituent structures in HPSG

Phrases in HPSG are feature structures of type phrase. A phrase must be licensed by a grammar rule.

• Grammar rules to license constituent structures

Words and phrases must also obey other general principles.

• General Principles on words and phrases