Re: [lojban] Re: X-bar, chomsky and lojban

[And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com>]

Jorge Llambías, On 16/05/2006 20:55:
> On 5/16/06, And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you mean X-bar theory in its most generic sense (= headed phrases) 
> > then
> > IMO the answer is: Basically yes, but iff elided terminators are 
> > syntactically
> > present even though unpronounced.  (The terminator would be head of the
> > phrase it terminates.)
>
> Is there any reason to prefer the terminator to the "initiator" of the 
> phrase as head?

One needs to be complement of the other. I.e. either a LE takes a KU phrase as complement (with the rest of the sumti within the KU phrase), or a KU takes a LE phrase as complement (with the rest of the sumti within the LE phrase). My intuitions tell me the latter would work better.

--And.