So, this Maximal Projection walks into a V-bar, and says: “Give me a little vP!”
The bartender asks: “Really? That’s not your usual order.”
And the Maximal Projection replies: “I know ... maybe it’s just a phase.”
[from Amy Fountain's cafepress site, with hattip to the Eternally Stressed Semanticist.]
Now illustrated:
[VP[V R][PP[P O][DP[D T][NP[N F]]]][VP[V L]]
ReplyDelete[VP[V L ][AdvP OL]]
[?P O][DP[D M][NP[N G]]]