Abstract:
The types of phrase structures are considered important in syntax. Moreover, it is one of the ways of identifying the phrase structure in Kurdish (Northern Kurmanji, Badeni sub-dialect) in terms of constituency which are simple and coordinate structures. The present study investigates whether noun and prepositional phrases are simple or coordinate. Each of these types are classified into four types but this study investigates only two types of them, namely noun and prepositional phrases. It has also adopted a descriptive approach for analyzing the data based on x-bar theory.
The contribution of this study is that it tries to analyze the phrase structure in terms of identifying the type of the category, number and order (determiner, head, complement). The other contribution of this study is identifying the deletion of the structure. The study aims at identifying the relationship between the different constituents and phrases because the type, number and order affects the structure of the simple and coordinate phrase. It also indicates the deletion of the constituents that can be deleted from the structure because it is not possible to delete all the constituents in these phrase.
Keywords: structure, constituent, simple phrase, coordinate phrase, deletion
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