[Syntax] Complementizer Phrases (CPs)

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Trev Tutor manages to explain Complementiser Phrases very clearly.

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This is very well organized, can I ask what app and/or software you used to draw?

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[@ZapataMac]

Aren't you skipping T' and T before the VP?

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Great job. What application are you using for the presentation? It's perfect for the virtual classes nowadays.

[@k-popaddict2666]

How about T -> +pst (+past tense) and "died" becomes "die"? That was stated in the book i've been studying

[@Trevtutor]

Yes, T' and T levels are explained in other videos. The focus of this one was just to introduce CPs so I did not worry about T movement.

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[@memegustalamusica]

Hello, I really liked your explanation. But still I have a very important question to do! Well I'm about to finish my degree and this is the only subject left. And I can't understand why or when CP is needed? Why generative grammaticians decided to use de CP if there is no Complementizer in a phrase. So for example in a phrase like "Have you seen her?" Why do we start the derivation from a CP? Does this mean we need to use ALWAYS CP as the main projection of a tree analysis? I would appreciate a quick answer for this :) thank you!

[@Vivaldi4]

My educated guess is that it could have something to do with the generative character of language = the fact that we could possibly build a neverending sentence. That allows us to include a clause (making it a constituent) into our neverending one making the one that was just included a complement of higher structure!? Than there would be a requirement to have a free slot for a complemetizer. BUT I am not 100% sure. I am new to GT grammar, X´ and all this stuff. Correct me if I am wrong. I am curious as well.

[@agustinaquintero37]

I have the same doubt

[@awa1562]

I have question but first I like to thank you its clear but my question is when we draws tree diagram and write cp at the first should we delete the cp in bottom and how the structure will be ?

[@milipianetti862]

Thanks for your explanation! Very helpful

[@sot11cat]

In 04:00 Did you purposely omit T’ -> T -> [+past] under the root TP ? Same question for the embedded TP. Shouldn’t it have a daughter T’, sister to DP, which in turn should have two daughters, a T and VP? Have u uploaded any tutorial on non-finite, especially infinitives and gerunds, in sentences like I ordered him to bring me wine. I cannot stop watching your videos. I hate ordering him. If not, it would be nice to make a video on that topic. Thanks for any response!

[@yasirhashmi5400]

Please tell me the types of sentence s whether these sentences having embeded clause or complementizer phrases are simple or complex

[@soomasoomy85]

Should we start drawing every tree with "CP"?

[@MoneyMindTube]

What is TP , are they the same with IP -inflectional projection

[@asadkamaljan871]

Great upload more videos on cp sir

[@sadafriz5728]

Can I contact you??? I am stuck in tree diagrams of CP

[@MichaelWilliams2]

Hi Trev! Thanks for uploading the video man you are awesome! Can I ask a quick question please? How do we know which verbs must take a CP as a complement? From the patterns followed it seems to be following any linking verbs? It seems quite counter-intuitive to create complementizer phrases for particular verb types under particular circumstances. Does this hypothesus suggest creating a Complementiser Phrase for every instance of such verbs? For example in the sentences: "I do not believe it" or 'I persuaded him' or 'I think he believes me' creates a fragment clause without noun or verb phrase. Thanks

[@Trevtutor]

"I do not believe it" or 'I persuaded him' are complete sentences. 'I think he believes me' is a good example of a sentence that needs a CP. [I think [(that) he believes me]]. The complementizer "that" is optional in this case.

[@MichaelWilliams2]

I guess what I'm asking is, surely it would only be accurate (and probably easier) to determine the transitivity of a verb based on the antecedent context of the CP. For example in the sentence, 'John does know the answer' we have [John][does know the answer] creates "the answer" as an adverb phrase for "know". Whereas in the phrase "John does know the answer is yellow" creates "the answer is yellow" as a complemetiser phrase for the verb "know".

[@Trevtutor]

Yeah some verbs have multiple complement options. In the first sentence you have "know" taking an NP complement, but in the second there is a CP complement. Verbs like "want", or "believe" will work the same. Sorry I didn't understand your question at first.

[@MichaelWilliams2]

Dude, awesome. Thank you so much for responding and so quickly as well! Thanks

[@youssefmayadi8636]

I want you to draw the tree for the sentence that contains adjunct

[@wallflowers6489]

Could you explain what is DP?

[@YoussefOsse]

What I want to know is when the complementizer that is optional, and when it is obligatory. Although I know the answer intuitively, a syntactic account of this linguistic phenomenon would more practical and reliable.

[@agustinaquintero37]

Me too!! I asked the same. As in the case : the book(that) you bought

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[@vladotz]

Why do you use DeterminerPhrase now instead of simply NounPhrase for "I" or "John"?

[@Trevtutor]

See DP Hypothesis video. NPs are actually DPs with the way constituents work.

[@izazahmed3417]

I just watched the DP hypothesis video. The DP contains a determiner as head of the phrase. But in the case of I or John, there is no determiner to begin with in the first place. I am confused.

[@izazahmed3417]

@@Trevtutor Can't we simply treat a proper noun or a pronoun as NP?

[@xoTalim]

@@izazahmed3417 Idk if you still need an answer to this if you're still studying Syntax, but when I learned DPs, my prof told me that nouns in DPs ALWAYS need a determiner. If there isn't one (like in "John is happy"), then you would still draw a branch down as if there IS a determiner for John, label it D, and then where the word "the" would be, you'd just put the null symbol like he shows at 6:40 under "C".

[@alexandrusuteu9731]

How do I explain the role of CP in direct and indirect questions?

[@jauyun847]

3:46 Do you use Verb Shell for "ditransitive verbs"?

[@Trevtutor]

Not at this point. Maybe in an Advanced Syntax series.

[@patrickkwakutwumappiah6041]

what is the TP?

[@HuongPhan-gx2sn]

if "that" is a S in a sentence, for ex: That is the school where i was taught. How to draw a tree diagram of this sentence? Can you help me? Thank you

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[@sweetycamy]

So in the case of The man that eats pudding is full. Do we use NP to represent "that eats pudding"? do we not introduce that in a CP? I'm confused since this is a TP and has an adjunct

[@Trevtutor]

"that eats pudding" is a CP-adjunct attached to the NP "man". There is movement within that TP which is explained in one of the later videos, which is why there's not much detail in it other than showing what a relative clause is.

[@fatmiabid3578]

In which video does that explained?

[@vanlera]

at 2:58 , Shouldn't we add one more V' because of "great" is an adjunct?

[@Trevtutor]

It is a complement of "is" in this case.

[@vanlera]

Gotcha, thanks! And also I couldn't find "distinctive rules" in phonology videos. Is it in a different title? Or does it exist in your videos? Thanks again.

[@Trevtutor]

not sure what a "distinctive rule" is, but there is a video on "phonological rules" in [Phonology] that uses features, if that's what you mean.

[@vanlera]

Yep, I just checked out and that was exactly what I meant. Thanks a lot, I hope we see more Linguistics in your channel!

[@MichaelWilliams2]

Isn't it correct that it should be an adjunct? I have read to believe that a verb phrase may only take a prepositional phrase or a noun phrase as its compliment? www.unlweb.net/wiki/X-bar_theory

[@sameerakhan6880]

Sir, why can't we classify , I, as NP instead of DP as it doesn't have a determined. Similarly, why can't we classify John as NP instead of DP

[@Trevtutor]

Some theories do, but modern transformational grammar treats proper names and pronouns as determiners. Giuseppe (1994) and Cardinaletti & Starke (1999) were major influences for this. It's a little complicated.

[@murdhyalshamari6129]

Doesn’t the tree for ‘John is great’ missing a T’?

[@Ilariasarkis2667]

What about (if) tree diagrams

[@Trevtutor]

Replace “that” with “if” under C and it will look the same.

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[@nghuuhieu]

Excuse me! What is DP? I really need help.

[@ciel_nadouch5648]

3:32 instead of DP, can I write NP I feel like DP is a lot more complicated. Thanks in advance And also you made a mistake in the Adjunct part, AP is the daughter of V' and sister of V' not just V.

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

Just NP triangle doesn't work there. You can write out DP triangle to DP - D' - D [proper] NP - N' - N John NP always needs a DP so you can't leave out DP.

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[@fwwryh7862]

The man who eats pudding.

[@jiaolinai2903]

Teacher, what does ‘ DP’ mean ?

[@arwahussein4613]

Determiner Phrase

[@merryrose6052]

in the last sentence you didn't include a null T' ? why? can you please explain

[@Trevtutor]

I didn't include T for any of the trees in this video. I formally introduce them in the next video, so I removed them from this lesson to keep the focus on "C" and "CPs". I probably could have included them, but it would have made the trees much larger.

[@merryrose6052]

thank you ^^

[@lepredator189]

I thought TPs were supposed to be I(NFL) phrases? Which of these is more accepted?

[@Trevtutor]

TP is more common in the generative syntax crowd.

[@agustinaquintero37]

But what about...'There is nothing( that) I can do'. That as a contact relative clause. You used a clause with a verb tought, but you didn't explain that in relative clauses

[@ahmedchafnaji8380]

what does TP mean?

[@Trevtutor]

tense phrase

[@bryanperez-hermosa8915]

How about when the sentence starts with 'that' as a complementizer? As in: That you like gory videos bothers me. What would a tree for that look like? Would it be possible for an entire CP constituent to move to a DP position?

[@vladotz]

Also why TensedPhrase instead of InflectionalPhrase?

[@Trevtutor]

TP and IP are pretty much the same. TP is standard.

[@vladotz]

Thanks a lot for the clarification!

[@chayma5594]

I have the same question

[@bumble2able]

What class is “to be” ?????

[@Trevtutor]

As in "I have to be there at 1:00PM"? It's just a main verb in that case.

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