A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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Section

4.27 Special Topic 7: C-Command

Consider the following tree and answer questions A-F:

Poss N S V

the girl s father who hired him admires him

A

Af'fix

Art N 7 N A

Assume the following definition of c(onstituent)-command (see also Linguistics,

p. 214):

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Node A c-commands node B if and only if the first branching node that dominates

A also dominates B (condition: A does not dominate B and vice versa).

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Questions

A. Does NP1 c-command NP2? Why or why not?

B. Does NP2 c-command NP1? Why or why not?