ABSTRACT
WewilltakethecategoryS(clause)tobeaprojectionofan abstractelementInfl(inflection),theSpecofwhichmustbe instantiatedbyanNP.3GivenwhatwehavesaidaboutEnglish, theexpansionofSwillbeasin(15):
(15)a.Infl"'- N"'Infl' b.Infl'-+InflComp
IwillassumethattheCompofInflisgenerallyinstantiatedbyVP, althoughitmaybeinstantiatedbyanadjectivephrase,aprepositionalphrase,oranounphraseincopularsentences.
