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Syntactic Theory » Focus and Content » Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) » Constituent Structure

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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

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